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Excel Exercise 3 - Basic Formulas

This document provides instructions for completing an Excel exercise involving basic formulas. Students are asked to format columns, add totals using AutoSum, find minimum, maximum, and average values using formulas, and apply borders and formatting. The goal is to analyze crime statistics data for South Africa by using currency formatting, adding across totals, and calculating aggregate values.

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Excel Exercise 3 - Basic Formulas

This document provides instructions for completing an Excel exercise involving basic formulas. Students are asked to format columns, add totals using AutoSum, find minimum, maximum, and average values using formulas, and apply borders and formatting. The goal is to analyze crime statistics data for South Africa by using currency formatting, adding across totals, and calculating aggregate values.

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EXCEL EXERCISE 3.

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OUTCOMES-BASIC FORMULA’s
 Formatting Columns to Currency/Decimal Places/Percentages
 Auto-Fill (Copy Series)
 Adding/AutoSum Totals
 Average Formula
 Minimum Formula
 Maximum Formula
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Instructions:
 Open the Excel File Named: Surname_StudentNumber_YourGroup_Crime Stats, and Complete the Following:
 In Cell B14 (Under South Africa), Type in “Maximum”. In Cell B15, Type in “Minimum” and in Cell B16, Type in
“Average”.
 Change the Row Height of Row 14, 15 and 16 to “25” and Apply Thick Outside Borders as in B13 (South Africa)
 Apply Bold, Italics and Center Align Cell B:13, B:14, B:15, B:16.
 In Cell C:3 to Cell H:16 apply: Currency, with 2 Decimal Places and; Symbol: R English (South Africa).
 In the Total Column (H:3) Use the “AutoSum” Feature to add the Values Across from Cell C:3 to G:3.
 Use the “Auto Fill” Feature to apply the same Formula Down/Vertical from H:3 to H:11. You have now Added all
the Values Across.
 In Cell C:13 (Next to South Africa) Add the Values Vertical/Down from Cell C:3 to C: 11
 Use the “Auto Fill” Feature to apply from Cell C:13 Across to H:13. You will see Some Value’s show Hash symbols
like this “###########”. Auto Fit those Columns that Show the Hash Symbol, so that you can see their Values.
 In Cell C:14 Determine the Maximum/Highest Value in that Column from C:3 to C:11. Clue “=MAX-Select by
Click and Dragging the Criteria”, and Auto fill across from C:14 to H:14.
 In Cell C:15 Determine the Minimum/Lowest Value in that Column from C:3 to C:11. Clue “=MIN-Select by Click
and Dragging the Criteria”, and Auto fill across from C:15 to H:15.
 In Cell C:16 Determine the Average Value in that Column from C:3 to C:11. Clue “=AVERAGE-Select by Click and
Dragging the Criteria”, and Auto fill across from C:16 to H:16.
 Apply a Thick Outside Border Around B:13 to H:16.
 In Column H (The Total Column), Apply Bold, Center and Italics to all the Values.
 Save your Exercise and Close/Exit.
 Rename your Excel File to: Surname_StudentNumber_YourGroup_Crime Stats3.
 Upload to Blackboard: Activity Submission Tab_All Excel Submissions Folder_Excel Basic Formulas Exercise
Folder_Excel Exercise 3 Submission Link

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