You can use a simple formula to sum numbers in a range (a group of cells), but the SUM function is easier to use when you’re working with more than a few numbers. For example =SUM (A2:A6) is less likely to have typing errors than =A2+A3+A4+A5+A6. More @Wikipedia
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