MULTINOMIAL Function in Excel: Ways to Split Into Groups

⏱ 1 min readUpdated 28 September 2026

MathLevel: ExpertAvailable in: Excel 2007+

In this article
  1. Syntax
  2. Examples
  3. Example 1
  4. Related functions

MULTINOMIAL counts ways to divide items into groups of given sizes.

Syntax

=MULTINOMIAL(number1, [number2], ...)
Argument What it means
number1… Group sizes.

Examples

Example 1

=MULTINOMIAL(2, 3, 4)

1,260 ways to split 9 people into teams of 2, 3 and 4.

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