BINOM.DIST.RANGE
Unsupported (not recognized)Category: Statistical · Last tested 2026-09-01
Real compatibility results for the BINOM.DIST.RANGE function: executed in Excel for the web, Google Sheets and LibreOffice Calc, with desktop Excel behavior from Microsoft’s official documentation (we do not run desktop Excel — Excel for the web is a different application and is executed separately). Syntax and links to that documentation are below.
Support matrix
| Engine | Documented | Live-tested | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Excel (desktop) | Yes | No — documented only | n/a |
| Excel for the web | — | Yes (recalc, 2026-09-01) | Supported, behaves as documented |
| Google Sheets | No | Yes (Drive import, 2026-08-31) | Supported, behaves as documented |
| LibreOffice Calc | No | Yes (25.8.7.3, 2026-08-31) | Unsupported (not recognized) |
LibreOffice version history
We executed the same test cases under each LibreOffice release to show exactly when BINOM.DIST.RANGE’s support changed — not documentation claims, real results.
| LibreOffice version | Verdict | Tested |
|---|---|---|
| 24.2.0.3 | Unsupported (not recognized) | 2026-08-31 |
| 24.8.7.2 | Unsupported (not recognized) | 2026-08-31 |
| 25.2.0.3 | Unsupported (not recognized) | 2026-08-31 |
| 25.8.7.3 | Unsupported (not recognized) | 2026-08-31 |
Why isn't BINOM.DIST.RANGE working in LibreOffice?
LibreOffice Calc does not implement BINOM.DIST.RANGE as of 25.8.7.3 — in our
executed tests it returns a #NAME? (unrecognized function) error. This is not a typo or a
settings problem, and saving the file as .xlsx does not change it: the function simply isn’t
available yet.
The same formula is documented for Excel, and we executed it successfully in Google Sheets on 2026-08-31.
Watch the LibreOffice version support page —
we re-run every test on each new release, so it will flip to Supported here as soon as it lands.
Discovered quirks
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=ROUND(BINOM.DIST.RANGE(60,0.75,48),3) on
LibreOffice Calc returned
#NAME?, but the documented/expected
result is 0.084.
Provenance
Microsoft's page publishes this example's result as 0.084 (8.4%). Independently derived from the documented summation with s2 omitted (so the sum has the single term k=48): C(60,48)*0.75^48*0.25^12 = 0.0839749674290475 -> 0.084 at 3 dp; MISMATCH vs expected: expected 0.084, got '#NAME?'
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=ROUND(BINOM.DIST.RANGE(60,0.75,45,50),3) on
LibreOffice Calc returned
#NAME?, but the documented/expected
result is 0.524.
Provenance
Microsoft's page publishes this example's result as 0.524 (52.4%). Independently derived by summing the binomial mass over k = 45..50 inclusive (the documented equation sums from s to s2): 0.5236297934718872 -> 0.524 at 3 dp. This case also pins the INCLUSIVE upper bound: excluding k=50 would give 0.482911; MISMATCH vs expected: expected 0.524, got '#NAME?'
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=ROUND(BINOM.DIST.RANGE(60,0.75,48),6) on
LibreOffice Calc returned
#NAME?, but the documented/expected
result is 0.083975.
Provenance
Microsoft rounds this example to 0.084 on the page. Re-derived exactly from the documented equation: C(60,48)*0.75^48*0.25^12 = 0.0839749674290475 -> 0.083975 at 6 dp. Asserting at 6 dp catches an engine that agrees to the published 3 dp but computes the tail differently; MISMATCH vs expected: expected 0.083975, got '#NAME?'
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=BINOM.DIST.RANGE(60,0.75,61) on
LibreOffice Calc returned
#NAME?, but the documented/expected
result is #NUM!.
Provenance
Excel documents that Number_s "must be greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to Trials" and that "If any arguments are outside of their constraints, BINOM.DIST.RANGE returns the #NUM! error value"; MISMATCH vs expected: expected '#NUM!', got '#NAME?'
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=BINOM.DIST.RANGE(60,1.5,48) on
LibreOffice Calc returned
#NAME?, but the documented/expected
result is #NUM!.
Provenance
Excel documents that Probability_s "must be greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 1", with #NUM! for arguments outside their constraints; MISMATCH vs expected: expected '#NUM!', got '#NAME?'
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=BINOM.DIST.RANGE(60,0.75,"abc") on
LibreOffice Calc returned
#NAME?, but the documented/expected
result is #VALUE!.
Provenance
Excel documents: "If any arguments are non-numeric values, BINOM.DIST.RANGE returns the #VALUE! error value."; MISMATCH vs expected: expected '#VALUE!', got '#NAME?'
Executed test cases
Excel for the web (executed 2026-09-01 via OneDrive recalculation)
These values come from Excel for the web, not from desktop Excel. They are two different implementations of the calculation engine, and this run measured only the web one: the corpus was uploaded to OneDrive as .xlsx, recalculated by Excel for the web on open, and downloaded again for readback. Excel for the web is a rolling service with no pinnable version, so the run is identified by its date. Where a value here disagrees with the Expected column — which is Microsoft’s documentation of the desktop product — we cannot tell you whether the web engine diverges from the desktop one or the documentation is wrong about both, because we do not run desktop Excel.
| Formula | Description | Result | Expected | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| =ROUND(BINOM.DIST.RANGE(60,0.75,48),3) | Microsoft's documented worked example: probability of exactly 48 successes in 60 trials at p=0.75 | 0.084 | 0.084ProvenanceMicrosoft's page publishes this example's result as 0.084 (8.4%). Independently derived from the documented summation with s2 omitted (so the sum has the single term k=48): C(60,48)*0.75^48*0.25^12 = 0.0839749674290475 -> 0.084 at 3 dp |
Matched |
| =ROUND(BINOM.DIST.RANGE(60,0.75,45,50),3) | Microsoft's documented worked example: probability of between 45 and 50 successes inclusive | 0.524 | 0.524ProvenanceMicrosoft's page publishes this example's result as 0.524 (52.4%). Independently derived by summing the binomial mass over k = 45..50 inclusive (the documented equation sums from s to s2): 0.5236297934718872 -> 0.524 at 3 dp. This case also pins the INCLUSIVE upper bound: excluding k=50 would give 0.482911 |
Matched |
| =ROUND(BINOM.DIST.RANGE(60,0.75,48),6) | The same single-value example asserted at full precision rather than the page's 3 dp | 0.083975 | 0.083975ProvenanceMicrosoft rounds this example to 0.084 on the page. Re-derived exactly from the documented equation: C(60,48)*0.75^48*0.25^12 = 0.0839749674290475 -> 0.083975 at 6 dp. Asserting at 6 dp catches an engine that agrees to the published 3 dp but computes the tail differently |
Matched |
| =BINOM.DIST.RANGE(60,0.75,61) | More successes than trials | #NUM! | #NUM!ProvenanceExcel documents that Number_s "must be greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to Trials" and that "If any arguments are outside of their constraints, BINOM.DIST.RANGE returns the #NUM! error value" |
Matched |
| =BINOM.DIST.RANGE(60,1.5,48) | A success probability above 1 | #NUM! | #NUM!ProvenanceExcel documents that Probability_s "must be greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 1", with #NUM! for arguments outside their constraints |
Matched |
| =BINOM.DIST.RANGE(60,0.75,"abc") | A non-numeric number_s argument | #VALUE! | #VALUE!ProvenanceExcel documents: "If any arguments are non-numeric values, BINOM.DIST.RANGE returns the #VALUE! error value." |
Matched |
Google Sheets (executed 2026-08-31 via Drive import)
Google Sheets is a rolling service with no pinnable version, so this run is identified by its date. The corpus was imported to Drive as .xlsx, recalculated by Sheets, and exported back for readback.
| Formula | Description | Result | Expected | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| =ROUND(BINOM.DIST.RANGE(60,0.75,48),3) | Microsoft's documented worked example: probability of exactly 48 successes in 60 trials at p=0.75 | 0.084 | 0.084ProvenanceMicrosoft's page publishes this example's result as 0.084 (8.4%). Independently derived from the documented summation with s2 omitted (so the sum has the single term k=48): C(60,48)*0.75^48*0.25^12 = 0.0839749674290475 -> 0.084 at 3 dp |
Matched |
| =ROUND(BINOM.DIST.RANGE(60,0.75,45,50),3) | Microsoft's documented worked example: probability of between 45 and 50 successes inclusive | 0.524 | 0.524ProvenanceMicrosoft's page publishes this example's result as 0.524 (52.4%). Independently derived by summing the binomial mass over k = 45..50 inclusive (the documented equation sums from s to s2): 0.5236297934718872 -> 0.524 at 3 dp. This case also pins the INCLUSIVE upper bound: excluding k=50 would give 0.482911 |
Matched |
| =ROUND(BINOM.DIST.RANGE(60,0.75,48),6) | The same single-value example asserted at full precision rather than the page's 3 dp | 0.083975 | 0.083975ProvenanceMicrosoft rounds this example to 0.084 on the page. Re-derived exactly from the documented equation: C(60,48)*0.75^48*0.25^12 = 0.0839749674290475 -> 0.083975 at 6 dp. Asserting at 6 dp catches an engine that agrees to the published 3 dp but computes the tail differently |
Matched |
| =BINOM.DIST.RANGE(60,0.75,61) | More successes than trials | #NUM! | #NUM!ProvenanceExcel documents that Number_s "must be greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to Trials" and that "If any arguments are outside of their constraints, BINOM.DIST.RANGE returns the #NUM! error value" |
Matched |
| =BINOM.DIST.RANGE(60,1.5,48) | A success probability above 1 | #NUM! | #NUM!ProvenanceExcel documents that Probability_s "must be greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 1", with #NUM! for arguments outside their constraints |
Matched |
| =BINOM.DIST.RANGE(60,0.75,"abc") | A non-numeric number_s argument | #VALUE! | #VALUE!ProvenanceExcel documents: "If any arguments are non-numeric values, BINOM.DIST.RANGE returns the #VALUE! error value." |
Matched |
LibreOffice Calc 25.8.7.3 (tested 2026-08-31)
| Formula | Description | Result | Expected | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| =ROUND(BINOM.DIST.RANGE(60,0.75,48),3) | Microsoft's documented worked example: probability of exactly 48 successes in 60 trials at p=0.75 | #NAME? | 0.084ProvenanceMicrosoft's page publishes this example's result as 0.084 (8.4%). Independently derived from the documented summation with s2 omitted (so the sum has the single term k=48): C(60,48)*0.75^48*0.25^12 = 0.0839749674290475 -> 0.084 at 3 dp |
Mismatch |
| =ROUND(BINOM.DIST.RANGE(60,0.75,45,50),3) | Microsoft's documented worked example: probability of between 45 and 50 successes inclusive | #NAME? | 0.524ProvenanceMicrosoft's page publishes this example's result as 0.524 (52.4%). Independently derived by summing the binomial mass over k = 45..50 inclusive (the documented equation sums from s to s2): 0.5236297934718872 -> 0.524 at 3 dp. This case also pins the INCLUSIVE upper bound: excluding k=50 would give 0.482911 |
Mismatch |
| =ROUND(BINOM.DIST.RANGE(60,0.75,48),6) | The same single-value example asserted at full precision rather than the page's 3 dp | #NAME? | 0.083975ProvenanceMicrosoft rounds this example to 0.084 on the page. Re-derived exactly from the documented equation: C(60,48)*0.75^48*0.25^12 = 0.0839749674290475 -> 0.083975 at 6 dp. Asserting at 6 dp catches an engine that agrees to the published 3 dp but computes the tail differently |
Mismatch |
| =BINOM.DIST.RANGE(60,0.75,61) | More successes than trials | #NAME? | #NUM!ProvenanceExcel documents that Number_s "must be greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to Trials" and that "If any arguments are outside of their constraints, BINOM.DIST.RANGE returns the #NUM! error value" |
Mismatch |
| =BINOM.DIST.RANGE(60,1.5,48) | A success probability above 1 | #NAME? | #NUM!ProvenanceExcel documents that Probability_s "must be greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 1", with #NUM! for arguments outside their constraints |
Mismatch |
| =BINOM.DIST.RANGE(60,0.75,"abc") | A non-numeric number_s argument | #NAME? | #VALUE!ProvenanceExcel documents: "If any arguments are non-numeric values, BINOM.DIST.RANGE returns the #VALUE! error value." |
Mismatch |
Docs & syntax
- Excel (desktop): official documentation