** In Excel, you can use the COUNTIFS function to count the number of cells that meet multiple criteria. This function allows you to specify multiple conditions and count the cells that meet all of those conditions. Here's the basic syntax of the COUNTIFS function:

=COUNTIFS(range1, criteria1, range2, criteria2, ...)

*range1: The first range of cells to evaluate.

*criteria1: The criteria to apply to range1.

*range2: (optional) The second range of cells to evaluate, if you have additional criteria.

*criteria2: (optional) The criteria to apply to range2, if applicable.

You can continue adding more ranges and criteria as needed to evaluate multiple conditions. The function will count only the cells that meet all the specified criteria.

*Here's an example of how to use COUNTIFS with multiple criteria:

Suppose you have a list of products in column A and their corresponding sales figures in column B. You want to count how many products have sold more than 100 units and have a price greater than $50. You can use COUNTIFS for this:

=COUNTIFS(B1:B10, ">100", C1:C10, ">50")

In this example:

B1:B10 is the range containing the sales figures.

">100" is the criteria for sales figures greater than 100.

C1:C10 is the range containing the prices of the products.

">50" is the criteria for prices greater than $50.

The formula counts how many times both conditions are met in their respective columns.

You can add more ranges and criteria as needed to further refine your count based on multiple conditions. Just make sure you have an equal number of ranges and criteria, and the criteria are correctly formatted (e.g., using ">" for greater than, "<" for less than, "=" for equal, etc.).**