How To Use: FACT Function

FACT function returns the factorial value of the supplied number.

As per Wiki,

“In mathematics, the factorial of a non-negative integer n, denoted by n!, is the product of all positive integers less than or equal to n.”

The factorial operations are used fields like mathematical analytics, combinatorics algebra etc. The most basic occurrence of it is the fact that there are (n!) ways to arrange (n) distinct objects into a sequence.

The FACT function is an inbuilt function in Excel. It falls under the category of Math/Trig Functions.

As a worksheet function, you can enter the FACT function as part of a formula in a cell of a worksheet.

Syntax for FACT Function

=FACT(Number)

Arguments

Number: the positive integer that you want to calculate the factorial of.

The factorial value of both 0 and 1 is 1.

We have created the infographics for the FACT Function. With the help of these infographics, you can easily learn step by step process for using this excel functions.

Furthermore, Excel consists of many inbuilt functions which are helpful in the analytical and statistical study of number.

Simply follow the instructions in the infographics below:

Errors

Factorial of a negative number returns #NUM! error. In other words, if number argument < 0 gives #NUM! error.

FACT returns the #VALUE! error when the supplied number argument is non-numeric.

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