EXCEL EXERCISES

1. Using Excel functions, solve the following:

A B C D

1 16 55 23 12

2 23 66 22 45

3 45 77 45 54

4 56 88 65 89

5 21 99 67 62

Avg of Avg of Avg of 23,22, If ∑D>∑C,

above above 45 and 67 display YES,
otherwise 333.
Nos. Nos. and 44

2. If you put one Rupee in your money box on the first day and then double the
amount every day. At the end of the month, what will be the amount of money in
your Money box?

3. Construct a bar chart to indicate the projected and actual sales of LCD TV for the
Kerala region, in Quarter 1 and Quarter 2.

Projected and actual sales in Q1: 75, 84 (in thousands)

Projected and actual sales in Q2: 85, 95(in thousands)

4. Consider the Annual Sales Planning Model for a garment company DESIGNER
INTERNATIONAL to project the gross margin with various sales growth rates
and cost.

Variable data

Initial sales 1000

Sales growth rate 10%

Cost of Goods Sold 63%

Model

Years 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

Sales 1000

Cost of Goods Sold 630

Gross Margin 370

(Sales-Cost)

Perform the following activities:

a. Change the format of cells containing the percentage data to display %

( percentage).

b. Enter the above data in the worksheet to create the model and compute
the data for years 1997 to 2001.

c. Save the model in a file “SALESPLAN”.

d. Apply What-If analysis, as follows:

 • Change Sales growth rate from 10% to 15% and assess the impact
on Gross margin.

• Change Cost of goods sold from 63% to 70% and assess the
impact on Gross margin.

5. Consider the student enrollment data in a college:

EVERGREEN COLLEGE

NEW DELHI

STUDENTS ENROLLMENT DATA

No. of students enrolled

Course code Year 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
VO1 8000 9000 9500 9800 11000
VO2 9000 10000 10300 10300 10100
VO3 12000 12700 12500 12000 11500
VO4 8200 8000 8400 8500 8700
VO5 2000 2300 2300 2400 2300

Using the above data, perform the following tasks:

a. Enter the above data in a worksheet with proper headings

b. Generate bar graph/pie chart to indicate the trends in student’s enrollment –

Course wise and Year-wise. Apply proper legends and titles for X-axis and Y-
axis.