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Values in Millions
Northern
Southern
Eastern
Western
Revenue Costs
Profit
Profit/loss
87
123
-36
123
98
25
108
79
29
76
98
-22
Cells F6:F9 contain IF functions that test whether the profit is
Zero or greater.
The words "profit" and "no profit" are enclosed in " (quote)
marks.
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Profit
North
South
East
West
Comment
500
1001
56
-676
#The comment uses an IF function to evaluate the sales
performance of the individual regions (apologies for the unrealistic figures! - but you should still
get the idea)
In English we would say: if C5 is greater than 1000, then return the
text string, were quids in!; if c5 is greater than 500, then return the
text string, nice earner; if c5>0 is greater than 0, then return the text
string, not bad -were still making money!; or else (if all the
conditions are not satisfied) return the text string, sack the
salesmen
Note that there are three conditions, each followed by the result if that
condition is true. The sack the salesmen clause is the result if all
the conditions are false.
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but you should still
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Home
Home
team
score
Chelsea
Liverpool
Man Utd
Tottenham
2
1
0
7
Away
Away
team
score
Bolton
Blackburn
Hereford
Arsenal
Home Win?
4
1
5
0
In cells H6:H9, enter an IF statement (you will have to use nested IFs) that returns:
1) "home win" if the home score is greater than the away score
and
2)"away win" if the away score is greater than the home score
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ISNUMBER() function tests if a
cell is a number or not
See E6 for a solution to the
anomaly where people who
are sick pass the exam. It
uses ISNUMBER()
Name
Mark
Took Exam? Pass/Fail
Avalon
79
1
Byrne
57
1
Curzon
45
1
Davidson
58
1
Inglesfield
59
1
Slater
71
1
Watts
sick
0
Connor
46
1
Armstrong
76
1
Bishop
79
1
Knight
withdrew
0
Murphy
63
1
Patel
65
1
Hsin
59
1
MacDonald
48
1
Walsh
58
1
Mulholland
68
1
If you are really keen, try the more
complex IF function that you put into
exams!E6:E22
Grade
ISNUMBER() is one of many Information functions provided by Excel. Check
Function Wizard to find out about some others ....
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y keen, try the more
nction that you put into
Statistics
Highest score
Lowest score
Average score
Number who started course
Number who took exam
Excel. Check
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Home team Home score
Chelsea
2
Liverpool
1
Man Utd
0
Tottenham
7
Away team
Bolton
Blackburn
Hereford
Arsenal
Away score
4
1
5
0
Home Win?
In cells H6:H9 enter an IF function that tests whether there was a
home win or not.
There are in fact 3 possiblities you coul
test for:
1) home win
2) draw
3) away win
Go to the football2 sheet and enter a
formula to do this
In cells H6:H9, enter an IF statement (you will have to use nested IFs) that returns:
1) "home win" if the home score is greater than the away score
2) "draw" if the home and away scores are equal;
and 3)"away win" if the away score is greater than the home score
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e in fact 3 possiblities you could
win
win
football2 sheet and enter a
o do this
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case
Follow instructions #1, #2 and #3. (look at row 26 for
instructions #2 and row 45 for instructions #3)
Name
Mark
Avalon
79
Byrne
57
Curzon
45
Davidson
58
Inglesfield sick
Slater
69
Watts
45
Connor
46
Armstrong
63
Bishop
79
Knight
withdrew
Murphy
24
Patel
65
Hsin
59
MacDonald
32
Walsh
58
Mulholland
68
1
Statistics
Highest score
Lowest score
Average score
Number who started course
Number who took exam
2
HOW TO INSERT COLUMNS
Insert two columns to the left of column D
This will make space for the functions you will enter into the spreadsheet.
In column D, enter an If function that returns Pass if the students get greater than or
equal to 45
In column E, enter an If function that returns:
A if the students get greater than or equal to 70,
B if the students get greater than or equal to 60,
C if the students get greater than or equal to 50,
and otherwise "fail" if the students get less than 50.
For the anomaly caused by the two candidates who didn't get a
mark (C11 and C16), choose Format/Sheet/Unhide, then choose
exams2 from the list. But only after you have completed
instructions 1 and 2
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1) Select column hea
these columns
2) Right-click over th
3) Choose Insert from
case
1
In cells F10:F14, enter the
following functions to
return a statistical
summary of the values in
C6:C22
Max
Min
Average
Counta
Count
Then nest the AVERAGE
function (F12) in a
ROUND function so that it
returns only two decimal
places
1) Select column headings D: and E: to select
these columns
2) Right-click over the selected area
3) Choose Insert from the menu
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