Adding more than one maximum

[stevengepp]

Is there a way of taking a list of five numbers and adding together only the
highest 3 (ignoring or dropping the two lowest marks)? E.g. if the numbers
were 2,5,7,4,5, the numbers 5,7,5 would be added, 2 and 4 being ignored.

 

[Max]

One way:
In say, B1: =SUMPRODUCT(LARGE(A1:A5,ROW(1:3)))
where source data is in A1:A5

 

[Teethless mama]

=SUM(LARGE(A1:A5,{1,2,3}))

 

[stevengepp]

Thanks a lot; this worked really well across several multi-linked spreadsheets.

 

[stevengepp]

Thanks. This worked well.

One way:
In say, B1: =SUMPRODUCT(LARGE(A1:A5,ROW(1:3)))
where source data is in A1:A5

 

[Max]

Welcome