Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will learn how databases are used to manage sales and stock levels. We will look at a partly completed spreadsheet showing items of merchandise to be sold at the RSC Live event.

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3 Questions

Q1.
a. Using 1 word, what do you think the formula in cell F3 is doing?
Averaging
Correct answer: Counting
Summing
Q2.
b. What do you think the formula in cell F3 looks like? Circle your answer
Correct answer: =COUNT(C4:C15)
=COUNTA(C4:C15)
=COUNTIF(C4:C15,">0")
Q3.
For each employee, their point on the payscale is entered (column C) and a lookup formula in column D returns their actual salary. What two advantages are there to using a lookup here?
Correct answer: Data held in just one place, making it easier to change if necessary.
Increases user input errors.
Correct answer: Reduces user input/error.

3 Questions

Q1.
Conditional formatting could have been used here on Column G, how would it be used?
Correct answer: To apply a specific colour depending on the average.
To change the average to a percentage.
Q2.
What do you think the formula in column G is doing?
Correct answer: It is calculating an average of the marks achieved in the four exams.
It is calculating the total of the marks achieved in the four exams.
It is counting the marks achieved in the four exams.
Q3.
What do you think the formula looks like?
Correct answer: =AVERAGE(C4:F4)
=AVERAGE(C4+D4+E4+F4)
=SUM(C4:F4)/4

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UnitComputing (non-GCSE) / Spreadsheets

Computing (non-GCSE)