Keyboards for entering formulas and functions

To perform mathematical calculations in your spreadsheet, use the formulas and functions keyboard. This keyboard allows you to enter numbers, operators, and constants to define a formula within a cell, or to access the hundreds of predefined functions available within Numbers.

The formulas and functions keyboard opens when you tap Function keyboard button below the input bar.

Input bar with functions selected

There are two keyboards to accommodate all the keys you need, as shown below.

Function keyboard

The SUM key in the keyboard automatically totals the values in all the cells that are above it in a spreadsheet.

To see detailed instructions on entering formulas and functions into cells, see Calculate values using data in table cells.