We can count cells that contain a negative number within a specified range of cells with the COUNTIF function. We will walk through the procedure by following the simple steps below.
Figure 1: COUNTIF Function for counting negative and positive numbers
Syntax
=COUNTIF (range, “<0”)
Formula
=COUNTIF(A4:A9,"<0")
Setting up the Data
- We will set up our data by inputting the POSITIVE and NEGATIVE numbers into Column A, titled, RANGE.
- We will name Cell C3 as Range, Cell D3 as Criteria, and Cell E3 as Count.
- The Range is A4:A9 and the criteria are for the formula to count cells that have numbers that are greater than and less than zero.
Figure 2: COUNTIF Function for counting negative numbers
Count of Cells that Contain Negative Numbers
We will input the formula below into Cell E4.
=COUNTIF(A4:A9,"<0")
Figure 3: COUNTIF Function for counting negative numbers
We will press enter to get the result.
Figure 4: COUNTIF Function for counting negative numbers
Count of Cells that Contain Positive Numbers
We can do this by changing the less than sign to greater than sign. We will input the formula below into Cell E5 and press enter.
=COUNTIF(A4:A9," >0")
Figure 5: COUNTIF Function for counting positive numbers
Explanation
The COUNTIF function counts the numbers that are present in a range that complies with specified criteria. Where the specified criteria is less than zero, the COUNTIF function returns the number of cells that have values which are less than zero.
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