Activity # 2

Spread Sheet Unit
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Spreadsheet #2 – Profit Sheet

 

1.      Create a spreadsheet header with your company’s name and "Profit Sheet"
2.      Estimate the width for the columns
3.      Highlight column B and format it with “currency.”
4.      Indent the individual expenses two spaces from the left side of the column by pressing the space bar 4 times before you type them.  Press the space bar 8 times before “Total Expenses.”
5.      Enter the expenses according to the spreadsheet on this sheet.
6.      Create formulas to determine the total expenses.  (Add up all the individual expenses by using the auto sum button)
7.      Create a formula to determine the Net Income (Gross Income minus Total Expenses)
8.      Save the spreadsheet as “SS2 Profit Sheet”
9.      Answer the following questions on the spreadsheet you just created.
 
·        Have you made enough money according to this spreadsheet to afford a $600 printer next year?
·        How much was you advertising cost?
·        What was the total amount of you expenses?
·        If you spend $600 on the new printer, how much money will you have left over?
 
10.  Print preview the spreadsheet and the answers and make sure it fits on one page, then print.
11.  Go to Tools – Options and turn off the Gridlines and turn on the Formulas.
12. Print preview again and make sure it fits on one page and print a copy with the formulas showing.

 

Gross Income $1,500.00
   
Expenses  
    Advertising $15.00
    Fuel $210.00
    Office Expenses $65.00
        Total Expenses **Write Formula**
   
Net Income **Write Formula**
   
Answer Question #1  
Answer Question #2  
Answer Question #3  
Answer Question #4  

 

 

 

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Created By: John Kelsey
Updated July 3, 2002
Contact: John_Kelsey@ipsd.org