How to subtract in pages chart

Question

In the program "PAGES" I constructed a chart that requires adding two values (WHICH I CAN DO) and then subtracting another value from that product. I CAN FIND SUM but how the heck do you subtract?????? I am frustrated.

Answer 1

"I constructed a chart that requires adding two values (WHICH I CAN DO) and then subtracting another value from that product. I CAN FIND SUM but how the heck do you subtract?????? I am frustrated."
Hi Ginny,
As you've found out, SUM function will return the sum (not the product) of the numbers listed as its arguments.
To use SUM for subtraction, all that's needed is to attach a minus sign to the front of numbers that are to be subtracted:
=SUM(3,2,1) returns 6, the sum of 3, 2 and 1.
=SUM(3,-2,1) returns 2, the sum of 3, minus 2, and 1.
You can also get those results using the arithmetic operators, instead of the SUM function.
The 4 common arithmetic operators are +, -, * and / (respectively, add, subtract, multiply and divide), and the formula you'd write looks very much like what you'd do with pencil on paper:
= 3 + 2 + 1 returns 6
= 3 -  2 + 1 returns 2
In a Table, the actual numbers are usually contained in cells of the table, and the formulas use the cell addresses of the cells containing the numbers rather than the numbers themselves.
Regards,
Barry