Spreadsheets

The purpose of a spreadsheet is to make Models

A spreadsheet consists of a large table. Each cell contains ONE piece of information
A row is horizontal collection of cells and is represented by numbers
A column is vertical collection of cells and is represented by letters

Formulae
To get in to formula view Press Ctrl + `
A formula is a simple calculation in a spreadsheet. Formulae begin with an =sign and consist of a CELL
REFERENCES and make use of (),+,-,*,/

Functions
Functions are used to perform complex calculations which refer to ranges of cells.
All functions have the same form

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=FUNCTIONNAME(RANGE)

Some functions may contain more attributes. For example =ROUND(M6,2)

VLOOKUP: VLOOKUP is used to find a piece of data in a table and will return another piece of related data from a
column you specify

In the example above, we know the form group and we have a table of tutors stored separately

Max and Min

MAX and MIN will find the largest or Smallest Number given in a range

SUMIF:
SUMIf will ad up all the numbers in a given range IF they can match a given criteria
=SUMIF(Range of cells to look in, what you are looking for, range to add numbers up in)
This version will allow you to look for a value in one column and then jump across another column and add up
the values there instead
NOTE: Criteria MUST be in quotes, unless its is a single number on its own.
COUNTIF: Will keep a tally of how many times a given criteria appears in a list

In this example, we want to count how many times the text ABS appears in the range I6:M6
A nested function is simply where one function is used inside another.
ROUND simply rounds a number to a certain number of decimals and takes the form :
=ROUND(NUMBER, Amount of decimal places)
AVERAGE does exactly what it says
IF: Allows 2 different outcomes based on a rule. An IF function takes the form:
=IF( RULE , What to do/ display if true , what to do/display if false )
NestedIF: Sometimes, we need to test more than the one rule. The Giveaway is in the question is the word AND
IF the student had a certificate before AND they need to receive another one they need a prize.

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