Tier 6

Spreadsheets Activity Handout

Part 1
1. Load Microsoft Excel.
2. Open the file ‘T6 Sports Festival.xls’ saved in C:\My
Documents. It contains a score card of a sports festival.
3. Save the file as SPAct1<<your name>> in your teacher’s
folder. For example, if your name is Jane save your file as
SPAct1Jane.
4. Set the page orientation of the worksheet to portrait and
the paper size to A4.
5. Set the page margins as follows:
ƒ Top and bottom - 1 inch
ƒ Left and right - 0.75 inches
6. Embolden the contents in cells A1:A2.
7. Apply a suitable border to the data area in A4:G9.
8. Centre align the column headings in cells A4:G4.
9. Apply shading using a suitable colour for the column
headings in cells A4:G4.
10. Penalty points are given by the judges for any misconduct
by the athletes. Fill in the ‘Penalty’ column with the
following penalty points given for each team.

Team Penalty
C&S Club 30
Pacers 0
Asiana 80
Brixtors 0
Felix Kings 20

11. Find the ‘Total’ points scored by ‘C&S Club’ by applying a

suitable function.

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12. Copy the function to the correct cells to find the ‘Total’
points scored by the other teams.
13. The ‘Final Score’ is found by deducting the ‘Penalty’ points
from the ‘Total’ points. Find the ‘Final Score’ of each team.
14. Sort the data in descending order of the ‘Final Score’.
15. Create a suitable graph to compare how each team has
scored in indoor games. Enter a suitable chart title, and X
axis and Y axis titles. Place the graph in the same
worksheet, below the data.
16. The organising committee of the sports festival has to
calculate the expenses of the medals and trophies. The
details have already been entered for you in A30:D37.
17. Enter the text ‘Total Amount’ in cell C38 and embolden it.
18. The ‘Amount Spent’ for an item is found by multiplying the
‘Quantity’ by ‘Price per One’. Find the ‘Amount Spent’ for
each item by entering a suitable formula.
19. Find the ‘Total Amount’ in cell D38 by applying a function.
20. Change the font colour of cell D38 to blue.
21. Format the cell ranges C34:C37 and D34:D38 to have the
currency symbol £ with two decimal places.
22. Save the changes.
23. Print preview the worksheet and make a printout.
24. If the quantity of bronze medals was 15, what would the
new ‘Total Amount’ be? Amend the ‘Quantity’ of bronze
medals to be 15 and observe the changes.
25. Write down your answer on the printout, below the table.

When I changed the ‘Quantity’ of bronze medals to 15, the ‘Total

Amount’ changed to <<new value>>.

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Part 2
26. Open the file ‘T6 World Weather.xls’ saved in C:\My
Documents. It contains a maximum temperature forecast
for a period of one week for ten main cities around the
world.
27. Save the file as SPAct2<<your name>> in your teacher’s
folder. For example, if your name is Jane save your file as
SPAct2Jane.
28. Set the page orientation of the worksheet to landscape.
29. Find the ‘Average’ for London by using a suitable function.
30. Copy the function to the correct cells to find the ‘Average’
for the other cities.
31. Sort the data in ascending order of the ‘City’.
32. Create a suitable graph to show how the temperature will
change from Sunday to Saturday for the city that is at the
top of the list. Enter a suitable chart title, and X axis and Y
axis titles. Place the graph in the same worksheet, below
the data.
33. Save the changes.
34. Print preview the worksheet. Resize the graph if necessary,
so that everything fits into one page.
35. Save the changes and make a printout.
36. Exit Microsoft Excel.
37. On the printout, besides the graph, write down two
statements about the information that you can gather from
the graph.

Your teacher will show you where to paste the printouts in

your activity book.

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