u/doubleo_maestro

Hey all, sorry to drop in like this, but I need confirmation to settle my nerves or let me know just how screwed I am. Just sat in the level 3 MATs exam, and my two excel questions were riddled with 'You do not need to use a formula'. Anyway, in this heat and the scorching room I was sat in, I took that to mean you don't have to use a function. So a lot of the times I used cell referencing, A3*B2 whatever. In hindsight, those were formulas and I'm a moron.

tldr If a question says you 'don't need to use a formula', does it matter if you do use a formula or not?