Exercise
1: Creating Your First Equation
The
following operators are used when constructing equations in Microsoft
Excel:
- +
Addition
- -
Subtraction
- *
Multiplication
- /
Division
Enter
the following data:
- Complete
the spreadsheet to calculate the total weekly pay for each employee
and the total weekly pay for all four employees.
-
To calculate the total for all four employees, enter the formula
=Sum(E3:E6) in cell E7. This is a more convenient method of
totalling a column or row instead of entering the following:
=E3+E4+E5+E6.
- Save
your spreadsheet as Payroll Example 1.
- Close
the file.
A
new employee has started with the company. We need to enter the
new employee's name Smythe in cell B7 and amend the Total figures
to include the new employee's details.
- Open
the file Payroll Example 1.
- Select
cell A7.
- On
the Menu Bar, click Insert and then select Rows from the drop-down
menu.
- Enter
the details of the new employee Smythe in row 7.
The
spreadsheet does not recognise the significance of two decimal
places unless the user formats the cell to show two decimal places.
The user needs to identify the cells they wish to display as currency.
Highlight the cells, which represent currency (columns D and E).
- Highlight
columns D and E which represent currency.
- Click
on the Comma Style button on the Toolbar.
Check
that your spreadsheet appears as below.
Save
your spreadsheet as Payroll Example 2 and then attempt the following
exercise:
Calculate
the total cost of each product and the total cost of the three
items. You can check your answer here.
- The
price of towels has increased to 9.95, amend the spreadsheet
accordingly.
- Insert
a new row to include the purchase of five Flannels at 1.99 each,
amend the appropriate formulae.
- Ensure
all currency cells are displayed to two decimal places.
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