University of Bahrain

College of Information Technology

Department of Information Systems

MS Excel Exercises
 Table of Contents
Exercise 1
 Introduction to Excel files, Worksheets, Rows, Columns, Row/Column Headings
 Inserting, Deleting and Renaming Worksheets
 Inserting and Deleting Rows and Columns
 Changing Column Width and Row Height
 Merging Cells, Cell range
 Format Cells
 Fonts, Alignment, Warp Text, Text Orientation, Border and Shading
 Auto Fill
 Currency Numeric formats
 Previewing Worksheet
 Center the worksheet horizontally and vertically on the page
 Saving and excel file

Exercise 2
 Using Formulas
 Header and Footers

Exercise 3
 Number , Commas and Decimal numeric formats
 Working with Formulas ( Maximum, Minimum, Average , Count and Sum)

Exercise 4
 Percentage Numeric Formats

Exercise 5
 Working with the IF Statement

Exercise 6
 Applying Auto Formats

Exercise 7
 Working with the Count If and Sum If Statements

Exercise 8
 Inserting Charts

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Exercise 9
 Absolute Cell Referencing
 Working with the Vertical Lookup Function

Exercise 10
 Working with the Horizontal Lookup Function

Exercise 11
 Scenario Manager using What-if Analysis
 Linking worksheets

Exercise 12
 Revision Exercise

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Exercise 1

1. Open a new workbook and rename sheet1 with the name “Payroll”.
2. Enter the labels and values in the exact cells locations as desired.
3. Use AutoFill to put the Employee Numbers into cells A6:A8.
4. Set the width of all columns to 10.
5. Set the height of row 3 to 35.
6. Align all labels vertically and horizontally at the center.
7. Use warp text and merge cells as desired.
8. Apply borders, gridlines and shading to the table as desired.
9. Use the following format for the date in cell B2 (Saturday, January 1, 2011)
10. Format cells E4:G8 to include dollar sign with two decimal places.
11. Calculate the Gross Pay for employee; enter a formula in cell E4 to multiply Hourly
Rate by Hours Worked.
12. Calculate the Social Security Tax (S.S Tax), which is 6% of the Gross Pay; enter a
formula in cell F4 to multiply Gross Pay by 6%.
13. Calculate the Net Pay; enter a formula in cell G4 to subtract Social Security Tax from
Gross Pay.
14. Set the work sheet vertically and horizontally on the page.
15. Save file as Excel 1.

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Exercise 2

1. Open a new workbook delete Sheet 2 & 3, and rename Sheet 1 to (Call Statistics).
2. Enter the labels and values in the exact cells locations as desired.
3. Set the row height of rows 1 & 3 to size 30; and rows 4 until 10 to size 20.
4. Align all labels vertically and horizontally at the center.
5. Use Warp Text, Orientation and merge cells as desired.
6. Apply border, gridlines and shading to the table as desired.
7. Format column E to include euro (€) sign with two decimal places.
8. Format cell B12 to include % sign with 0 Decimal places.
9. Calculate the Calls per Hour, enter a formula in cell D4 to divide numbers of calls by
hours worked. Using AutoFill, copy the formula to the remaining cells.
10. Calculate the Bonus. Enter a formula in cell E4 to multiply ‘Calls Per Hours’ by the
fixed Bonus Rate in cell B12. Using AutoFill, copy the formula to the remaining cells.
11. Calculate the ‘TOTAL’.
12. Set the worksheet vertically and horizontally on the page.
13. Create a header that includes your name in the left section, and your ID number in
the right section. Create the footer that includes the current Date in the center.
14. Save the worksheet as Excel 2.

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Exercise 3

1. Create the worksheet shown above.

2. Set the column widths as follows: Column A: 8, Column B: 14, Columns C & D: 15,
Columns E & F: 14.
3. Enter the formula to find COMMISSION for the first employee. The commission rate
is 2% of sales (i.e. COMMISSION = SALES Amount * 2%). Copy the formula to the
remaining employees.
4. Enter the formula to find TOTAL SALARY for the first employee where Total Salary =
SALARY + COMMISSION. Copy the formula to the remaining employees.
5. Enter formula to find TOTALS, AVERAGE, HIGHEST, LOWEST, and COUNT values.
Copy the formula to each column.
6. Format numeric data to include commas and two decimal places.
7. Align all column title labels horizontally and vertically at the center.
8. Create a Header that includes your name in the left section, page number in the
center section, and your ID number in the right section.
9. Create footer with DATE in the left section and TIME in the right section.
10. Save the file with name Excel 3.

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Exercise 4

1. Create the worksheet shown above.

2. Enter a formula to find CHANGE for the first item where Change = This Year - Last
Year. Copy the formula to the remaining items.
3. Enter a formula to find %Change for the first item where %Change = Change / Last
Year. Copy the formula to the remaining items.
4. Enter a formula to find TOTALS, AVERAGE, HIGHEST, and LOWEST values.
5. Format column E to include % and two decimal places.
6. Create a Header that includes your ID in the left section and Name in the right
section.
7. Create Footer with page number in the center section.
8. Center the worksheet vertically and horizontally on the page.
9. Save the file as Excel 4.

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Exercise 5:

For the above table find the following:

1. TAX (If ITEM PRICE is less than 100, TAX is 50, and otherwise it should be 100).
2. TOTAL PRICE BEFORE TAX =NO. OF ITEMS * ITEM PRICE.
3. TOTAL PRICE AFTER TAX = TOTAL PRICE BEFORE TAX + TAX.
4. RATE (If TOTAL PRICE AFTER TAX > 3500 then the rate is “HIGH”, otherwise it is
REASONABLE.
5. Find Count of Items, Average of Taxes, Min Item PRICE and Max Item PRICE.
6. Save file as Excel 5.

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Exercise 6

1. Create the worksheet shown above and rename it as EMPLOYEE RECORDS.

2. Ensure that the worksheet looks like the one above.
3. Find ANNUAL BONUS; if the BASIC SALARY is smaller than 900, the ANNUAL BONUS
is 15% of the Basic Salary (i.e. 15%*Basic Salary); otherwise it will be 5% of the basic
salary.
4. TOTAL SALARY= BASIC SALARY + ANNUAL BONUS.
5. Find the Totals, Highest and Lowest basic salary.
6. Save file as Excel 6.

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Exercise 7

1. Open a new workbook and save the file with the name “Sales &Report”.
2. Delete Sheet2 and Sheet3.
3. Enter the labels and values in the exact cells locations as desired.
4. Use AutoFill to put the Series Numbers into cells A3:A7.
5. Set the vertical and horizontal alignment of all labels to center.
6. Use warp text and merge cells as desired.
7. Apply borders, gridlines and shading to the table as desired.
8. Format cells C3:G5, C8:E11, C13:E13 to Accounting Category that include dollar sign
with two decimal places.
9. Find the Average Sales and Maximum Sales for each City.
10. Find the Total Sales for each Month.
11. Calculate the Profit for each month , where profit = Total Sales - Cost
12. Calculate the 10% Bonus, which is 10% of the Profit.
13. Find the Total Sales for each Month; only for sales greater than 30,000.
14. Find the No of Sales for each Month; only for sales greater than 30,000.
15. Save file as Excel 7.

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Exercise 8

1. Open a new workbook save the file as Excel 8.

2. Delete Sheet2 and Sheet3.
3. Enter the labels and values in the exact cells locations as desired.
4. Use AutoFill to insert the Customer IDs.
5. Set labels alignment appropriately.
6. Use Warp Text, Text Orientation and Merge Cells as desired.
7. Apply borders, gridlines and shading to the table as desired.
8. Format Colum E & D to Currency with dollar sign and two decimal places.
9. Find the Total Annual Purchases for each City.
10. Find the Average Annual Purchases for each Education.

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 11. Find the total number of each gender.
12. Find the total annual salary for each gender in each city.
13. Create the following Chart:

Total Annual Salary

30000 20000
13150 22450
12699
20000 12499
12000
10000
Female
0 Male
Male
New York Female
Chicago
Seattle

New York Chicago Seattle

Male 12499 12000 22450
Female 20000 13150 12699

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 Exercise 9

1. Create the worksheet shown above and rename it as “SmartVille”.

2. Name the cell range A13:B17 as Price.
3. Using VLOOKUP, find Price base on Type.
4. Find Swimming Pool, if the house type is 1 then print “yes” otherwise leave it blank.
5. Find Insurance, Insurance = Price * Insurance Rate.
6. Find Total Mortgage, Total Mortgage = Price + Insurance.

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Exercise 10

1. Create the worksheet shown above and rename as DESTRICT.

2. Using HLOOKUP, find Price based on DESTRICT NO.
3. Find TAX RATE based on DESTRICT NO.
4. Calculate RENT TAX, where RENT TAX = PRICE * TAX RATE.
5. Check if there is WATER BILL based on DESTRICT NO.
6. Calculate TOTAL RENT, where TOTAL RENT = PRICE + RENT TAX.
7. Format all money columns to 1 place of decimal.
8. Create the chart shown above.

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Exercise 11

1. Create the worksheet shown above and rename it May 2011

2. Find the Revenue, Revenue = Price * Units Sold
3. Find the Cost of Goods Sold, Cost of Goods Sold = Cost * Units Sold
4. Find the Gross Profit, Gross Profit = Revenue – Cost of Goods Sold
5. Find the Current Total Profit, Current Total Profit is the total of all Gross Profits
6. Using the Scenario Manager, find the Best Case Profit and the Worst Case Profit, and
save it in a new worksheet

Best Case Profit

Racing Bicycles Regular Bicycles Accessories
Units Sold 25 36 42

Worst Case Profit

Racing Bicycles Regular Bicycles Accessories
Units Sold 9 12 21

7. Link the results of the Best Case and Worst Case with the Scenario Summary

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Exercise 12 (Revision)

1. Create the worksheet shown above and rename it as ‘Section 5’.

2. Calculate the average marks for each student.
3. Find the Grade for each student by using the ‘Grade Calculation’ table.
4. Find the GPA for each student by using the ‘GPA Calculation’ table. Ensure that the
results have 2 decimal places.
5. Check if the students failed or passed. If they get less than 60 in any their marks,
they Failed otherwise they Passed.
6. Calculate the number of students who got their average marks not less than 80.
7. Calculate the total average marks for those students who scored at least 80 in
Science.
8. Calculate the Current Class Average.
9. Using What-if analysis, find the changes to the class average if the following cases
take place:
10. If Fatima gets 96 in Science.
11. Ahmed gets 50 in Maths and 70 in Science.
12. Note: Your results should be obtained from ‘Scenario Summary’ created using What-
if Analysis.
13. Create a bar chart which includes the Science and Arabic marks for all students.
14. Include your name at the center of the header and the page number at the right
section of the footer.

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Thanks goes to the following for their
contributions:
Dr. Athraa Al Mosawi
Ms. Amna Khalifa
Mr. Faisal Hammad
Mr. Ghassan Al Koureiti
Ms. Hajar Khalifa
Mr. Khalid Humood
Mrs. Zainab Abdullah

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