Numbers Select a large range of cells

I select a cell to enter a formula. The key board pops up and I select the Average function. I then try to select a large range of cells, but unable to do so because the Numbers screen will not scroll. I select the cell directly above the keyboard, but when I move my finger up to select 25 rows, I can only move up about 6 rows.
This is using Numbers on an iPad. What advice can you give me for correcting my error.
Thanks

Here is an answer that worked great for me. I found it here:
Concatenating a Range in Excel
You'll have to adapt it for your spreadsheet:
A
B
(result)
1
Apple
2
Baker
=A1&A2
AppleBaker
3
Charlie
=B2&C1
AppleBakerCharlie
4
Denver
=B3&C2
AppleBakerCharlieDenver
5
Edward
(etc.)
You just concatenate two cells together (using the '&' concatenation operator), and then in the next cell you just add on to the end of the result. So that by the end, you have them all in one long string.
You might say "But I have to write out all those formulas". No. As you know, you can just copy the formula to the next cell and Numbers will change the references for you.

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1.
How do I sum only the values greater than zero and less than 7 in a range of cells?
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2
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any value that is equal to or greater than 24 will be matched by the 24 in A4. VLOOKUP will return the value in the same row of column 2 (B) of the table: "Part 3"
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