Microsoft Excel
Basic formulae exercise
Harder than average exercise

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Exercise: Basic Formulae - Qtr1 Office costs

1) On a new workbook type in the text and numbers in the same cells as shown below:
Exercise screen-shot 1395 You will need to change the column widths
2) In cell B4 create a formula using the following information:
  • Services costs per month = annum cost of 12750 / 12      (ie. divided by 12)
3) Copy the formula across to cells C4 and D4 to work out the other monthly Services Costs.
4) In cell B6 create a formula using the following information:
  • Advertising = 1.75% of staff costs for that month      (ie. 1.75% * staff costs in cell B3)
5) Copy the formula across to cells C6 and D6 to work out the other Advertising costs.
6) In cell E2, create a formula that will add together all the monthly Admin costs.
Training exercise hint There is a special button on the toolbar for totals.
7) Copy the total formula down the column to calculate the other quarterly totals.
8) Save the file with the name:    Qtr1 Office Costs

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