How many cookies do I need to sell to breakeven?
How many cookies do I need to sell to become a cookie millionaire?
How many cookies do I need to sell to become a cookie multi-millionaire?
Cookies Sold
Unit Price
Unit Cost
Fixed Cost
Total Profit
1,204,000 Input
$ 5.00
$ 2.50
$ 10,000.00
$ 3,000,000.01 Formula-based output
What types of cookies should I bake to maximize profit?
Cookie Type Quantity to Bake Total Demand Profit per cookie
Chocolate Chip 10,000 10,000 $ 1.50
Fortune - 4,000 $ 0.30
Oatmeal Raisin 4,000 4,000 $ 1.40
Snickerdoodle - 7,000 $ 0.50
Sugar - 2,500 $ 0.75
White Chocolate Macadamia 1,000 6,000 $ 1.15
Total Baked: 15,000 33,500
Oven capacity 15,000 Total Profit
mize profit?
Total Profit
$ 15,000.00
$ -
$ 5,600.00
$ -
$ -
$ 1,150.00
$ 21,750.00
Cookie Names Price
Classic Chocolate Chip Cookie 2.5
Double Chocolate Chunk Cookie 3
Peanut Butter Delight 2.75
Oatmeal Raisin Cookie 2.5
White Chocolate Macadamia Nut 3.25
Salted Caramel Cookie 3
Snickerdoodle Cookie 2.25
Lemon Sugar Cookie 2.5
Triple Berry Cookie 3
Mocha Espresso Cookie 3.25
Almond Biscotti Cookie 2.75
Mint Chocolate Chip Cookie 3
Red Velvet Crinkle Cookie 3.25
Butterscotch Pecan Cookie 3
S’mores Cookie 3.5
Cookie
Classic Chocolate Chip Cookie
Snickerdoodle Cookie
Double Chocolate Chunk Cookie
Price
2.5
2.25
3
lookup column must always be to the left side of the results column
Employee ID Last NameFirst Name
1001 Smith TOM
1002 Jones KOZAK
1003 Maria LEE
1004 Evans MILLER
1005 Roberts JAKES
1006 Murphy EMILY
1007 Walsh JAMES
1008 Thomas AMELIA
1009 Garcia TRACY
1010 Mikko SIPONEN
1011 Kuem JUNGWON
1012 Nadia MOHA
1013 Martin DANIEL
1014 Morton LONDON
1015 Chrys MEXICO
1016 Steve JOBS
1017 Donald SOCIAL
1018 Cloud COMPUTE
Employee ID 1008
Last Name Thomas
you know the employee ID and with that, you can lookup the employee's las
consider large datasets
select the cell where you want the search results to appear
up the employee's last name
Name Score Grade
Mark 36 E
John 83 B
Wes 96 A
Simon 20 E
North 79 C
East 16 E
89 B
Range
0 - 54
55 - 69
70 - 79
80 - 89
90 - 100
Approximate match is use
You want to look up the gr
Default Excel behavior is a
Score Grade
0 E Range Grade
55 D E
70 C D
80 B C
90 A B
A
pproximate match is used when finding numbers
ou want to look up the grades
Default Excel behavior is approximate (True)
Salesperson Revenue Comm % Total Revenue
Andrew Cencini $ 4,399.00 10% $ 4,838.90
Nancy Freehafer $ 3,772.00 8% $ 4,073.76
Michael Neipper $ 3,763.00 8% $ 4,064.04
Nancy Freehafer $ 3,280.00 8% $ 3,542.40
Anne Larsen $ 3,080.00 8% $ 3,326.40
Nancy Freehafer $ 2,944.00 6% $ 3,120.64
Nancy Freehafer $ 2,923.20 6% $ 3,098.59
Andrew Cencini $ 2,812.00 4% $ 2,924.48
Mariya Sergienko $ 2,806.00 4% $ 2,918.24
Andrew Cencini $ 2,430.00 4% $ 2,527.20
Michael Neipper $ 2,190.00 4% $ 2,277.60
Laura Giussani $ 2,100.00 4% $ 2,184.00
Anne Larsen $ 1,821.60 4% $ 1,894.46
Anne Larsen $ 1,794.00 4% $ 1,865.76
Mariya Sergienko $ 1,746.00 4% $ 1,815.84
Robert Zare $ 1,657.50 4% $ 1,723.80
Laura Giussani $ 1,584.00 4% $ 1,647.36
Anne Larsen $ 1,550.00 4% $ 1,612.00
Andrew Cencini $ 1,377.00 4% $ 1,432.08
Michael Neipper $ 1,275.00 4% $ 1,326.00
Michael Neipper $ 1,190.00 4% $ 1,237.60
Nancy Freehafer $ 1,185.75 4% $ 1,233.18
Laura Giussani $ 1,166.00 4% $ 1,212.64
Nancy Freehafer $ 1,152.00 4% $ 1,198.08
Michael Neipper $ 1,096.50 4% $ 1,140.36
Anne Larsen $ 1,046.15 4% $ 1,088.00
Michael Neipper $ 1,000.00 4% $ 1,040.00
Laura Giussani $ 990.00 3% $ 1,019.70
Andrew Cencini $ 892.40 3% $ 919.17
Anne Larsen $ 874.00 3% $ 900.22
Mariya Sergienko $ 858.85 3% $ 884.62
Anne Larsen $ 694.80 2% $ 708.70
Nancy Freehafer $ 680.80 2% $ 694.42
Robert Zare $ 626.40 2% $ 638.93
Laura Giussani $ 552.00 2% $ 563.04
Jan Kotas $ 546.00 2% $ 556.92
Robert Zare $ 530.75 2% $ 541.37
Mariya Sergienko $ 480.00 2% $ 489.60
Anne Larsen $ 460.00 2% $ 469.20
Nancy Freehafer $ 459.00 2% $ 468.18
Laura Giussani $ 450.00 2% $ 459.00
Nancy Freehafer $ 432.40 0% $ 432.40
Anne Larsen $ 366.70 0% $ 366.70
Laura Giussani $ 301.00 0% $ 301.00
Mariya Sergienko $ 296.01 0% $ 296.01
Jan Kotas $ 293.25 0% $ 293.25
Mariya Sergienko $ 280.00 0% $ 280.00
Laura Giussani $ 278.07 0% $ 278.07
Mariya Sergienko $ 266.00 0% $ 266.00
Andrew Cencini $ 262.50 0% $ 262.50
Nancy Freehafer $ 257.60 0% $ 257.60
Anne Larsen $ 234.50 0% $ 234.50
Mariya Sergienko $ 210.00 0% $ 210.00
Andrew Cencini $ 196.00 0% $ 196.00
Anne Larsen $ 143.52 0% $ 143.52
Jan Kotas $ 140.00 0% $ 140.00
convert the revenue to currency
choose two decimal places
currency
Sales Comm %
100 0%
450 2%
700 3%
1000 4%
2900 6%
3000 8%
4000 10%
Tasks: first copy the data and paste in a new worksheet
Convert to two Tables
Sort table from Smallest to Largest (always sort approximate match first)
Convert revenues and sales to dollar currency; convert comm % to %
Determine Commission % for each Salesperson based on revenue earned
Calculate Commission
