Year 7 – Spreadsheets Lesson plan

Lesson 3 – Collecting data

Do maths without doing maths!

You have been given some calculations to do, but you’ve hatched a plan to get a spreadsheet
to take care of the maths for you!

What would you type into a cell in a spreadsheet to do the calculations below? Write your
answer in column D.

★ You don’t need to work out the result, only the formula you would use in your
spreadsheet
★ Remember to use the correct symbols for multiplication and division

A B C D

1 57 x 143

2 544 ÷ 34

3 229 + 798

4 941 – 475

5 99 x 3

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