Year 11

The RSC Live event

Year 11

The RSC Live event

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will implement a spreadsheet which represents seating for the live event of Rock Star Challenge. The spreadsheet includes different seat prices for adults, students, and over 60s. We will use a drop-down list to select seats, and formulae will be used to calculate the price.

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4 Questions

Q1.
Write a formula for cell D9.
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Correct answer: =B9*C9
=B9xC9
B9*C9
B9xC9
Q2.
Write a formula for cell D24.
=D8:D22
=D8:D24
=D8*D22
Correct answer: =SUM(D8:D22)
Q3.
Write a formula for cell J8.
=H8*G8
Correct answer: =I8*G8
=I8*H8
=J6*J7
Q4.
Write a formula for cell J15.
=SUM(G8:G15)
=SUM(G8:J13)
=SUM(I8:G13)
Correct answer: =SUM(J8:J13)

3 Questions

Q1.
a. Using 1 word, what do you think the formula in cell F3 is doing?
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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?
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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.