EXERCISE 6 CREATING YOUR OWN SPREADSHEET

Assume you have completed four assignments for both software applications Word and
Excel. Assume each assignment was marked out of 30. Create a spreadsheet to
calculate each assignment percent, and calculate your average Word Percent and
average Excel Percent.

Spreadsheet Title

Word Word Excel Excel

Assignment Assignment Assignment Assignment
Mark Percent Mark Percent
Total Mark: 30 % 30 %
Assignment 1 ? # ? #
Assignment 2 ? # ? #
Assignment 3 ? # ? #
Assignment 4 ? # ? #

Average # #
Percents:

Instructions:

1. Start a new spreadsheet file and key the values and labels provided.
• Insert an appropriate spreadsheet title
• Enter a numeric value in the cells where the question mark (?) appears using
realistic marks
• Use appropriate formulae/functions in the cells where the number sign (#)
appears

• To calculate percent, divide the assignment mark by the total mark. Use an
absolute cell address in your formula

• To calculate average use the average function

2. Format the spreadsheet values and labels appropriately.

3. Center the spreadsheet vertically and horizontally on a page.

4. Create an appropriate footer for your printout

5. Save the spreadsheet using an appropriate filename