Excel - How To Generate Random Numbers

How To Generate Random Numbers

Generating random numbers in excel is very simply. Just follow the simple steps below and learn this in less than 60secs.

  • GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS
  • Step 1 - Open your excel worksheet. Type in =RAND() and press Enter on your keyboard.
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  • Step 2 - A random number will be successfully generated.
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You have now learnt how to generate random number in less than 20secs. But what if you want to generate a random number within a specific range. Say for instance you need a random number between 1 and 10 or 10 and 30, how are you going to do this?

  • GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS WITHIN A SPECIFIC RANGE
  • Step 1 - We are going to generate a random number within 10 and 50 Open your excel worksheet. Type in =RANDBETWEEN(10,50) and press Enter on your keyboard.
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  • Step 2 - A random number between 10 and 50 will be successfully generated.
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