Internal Assignment for Business proficiency Tool

1. You are thinking of advertising Microsoft products on a sports telecast. As you buy
more ads, the price of each ad decreases as shown in the following table:
Number of ads
1-5
6-10
11-20
21 and higher

Price per ad
$ 12,000
$11,000
$10,000
$ 9000

For example, if you buy 8 ads, you pay $11,000 per ad, but if you buy 14 ads, you
pay $10,000 per ad. Write a formula that yields the total cost of purchasing any
number of ads.
2. You are thinking of advertising Microsoft products on a popular TV music program.
You pay one price for the first group of ads, but as you buy more ads, the price per ad
decreases as shown in the following table:
Number of ads
1-5
6-10
11-20
21 and higher

Price per ad
$ 12,000
$11,000
$10,000
$ 9000

For example, if you buy 8 ads, you pay $12,000 per ad for the first 5 ads and $11,000
for each of the next 3 ads. If you buy 14 ads, you pay $12,000 for each of the first 5
ads, $11,000 for each of the next 5 ads, and $10,000 for each of the last 4 ads. Write
a formula that yields the total cost of purchasing any number of ads. Hint: You
probably need at least three columns in your table range, and your formula might
involve two lookup functions.
3. In the Pinevalley.xlsx file, the first worksheet contains the salaries of several
employees at Pine Valley University, the second worksheet contains the age of the
employees, and the third worksheet contains the years of experience. Create a fourth
worksheet that contains the salary, age, and experience for each employee.
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all transactions in which Hallagan sold eyeliner in the West region.

all transactions that rank in the top 5 percent with regard to units sold.
the top 20 revenue-generating transactions that involve foundation sales.
all transactions involving sales of at least 60 units during 2004 for which the per-

unit price was a maximum of $3.10.

8. Find all foundation transactions during the first three months of 2004 for which the
per-unit price was larger than the average price received for foundation during the
entire period.
9. Find all transactions in which Zaret or Betsy sold either lipstick or foundation.
10. Find all unique combinations of product and salespersons name.
11. Find all the top 30 sales (by units) occurring in 2005 that involved lip gloss or
mascara.
12. Find all sales by Jen between August 10 and September 15, 2005.

Internal Assignment for Business proficiency Tool

13. . Find all sales of lipstick sold by Colleen for which the number of units sold is higher
than the average number of units in a lipstick transaction.
14. . Find all unique combinations of name, product, and location occurring during the
first three months of 2006.

15. . Find all records in which the product cell is colored yellow.