Excel for Marketing Managers

Calculation Basics

Calculation
Basics

To raise B6 to the third power, use =B6^3.

The converse problem is trickier. In the following problem, the student would

have to take the cube root of 3375. Excel does not offer a Cube Root function

like the SQRT function for square roots.

Thus, your student is going to have to use the alternative form of =B5^(1/3) in

order to take a cube root. This may be confusing for the student, but it is easier

than figuring out cube roots by hand!

Figure 26

Raising to the third power using a carat

Figure 27

Taking a cube root using a carat and a

fraction