Cells(3, 4).Value = "UNI Panthers" Cells(2, 10).Value = Cells(2, 10).Value * 4 is identical in its result to is identical in effect to saying Range("D3").Value = "UNI Panthers" Range("J2").Value = Range("J2").Value * 4 and if cell J2, which is row 2 and column 10, contained the value 12 to start with, after the VBA statement multiplied it by 4, it would then contain the value 48.