Formula kid = the spreadsheet thinks for you
Twelve lessons: equals, SUM, average, copying a formula, MIN, MAX, COUNT, dollars, references between sheets, errors, pocket money, colours by rules. The finale = everything together in workbook Tables with Martin.
Then pick up the Formula kid certificate ➗ on 修了証.
A certificate makes sense when you can really change a grade and the average recalculates itself. Show a parent. You are not a “lesson clicker” — you are someone who can do a formula.
Big project: three sheets + a dashboard
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Grades: B3+ grades. Under them
Total=SUM(...),Average=AVERAGE(...),Best=MIN(...),Worst=MAX(...). The range fits. Conditional formatting for ≥3. -
Pocket: D2
=B2-C2dragged to D8. B10–B12 totals and the week difference. Negative D in red. -
Survey: column B votes.
Total votes=SUM(...),Number of answers=COUNT(...). -
Dashboard: B3
=AVERAGE(Grades!...), B4=SUM(Pocket!B2:B8)or the week difference, B5=SUM(Survey!...). No number copied by hand that another sheet already counts. -
Change one grade, one spend, one vote. The Dashboard and summaries must move.
Go through the whole workbook for errors. No #DIV/0!, #REF!, #VALUE! in the version you hand in. If there is, fix data or a range — do not delete the formula.
A live test — a teacher simulation
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Add a subject and a grade on Grades. Average and MIN/MAX OK?
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Delete the content of one cell in a formula — an error? Fix it.
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Open the Dashboard. Do three numbers match the sheets?
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Sharing: the teacher Viewer. You still Editor.
🏫 Grade average
One sheet, two columns: subject and grade. At the bottom a sum and an average.💰 Pocket money
Rows = days, columns = income / spend / left.📊 Class survey
One question, answers in one column, later a chart.🏆 Mini dashboard
Three numbers at the top and one chart. Numbers as a link, not copied by hand.What next — Chart maker
A chart from the survey, number format, print. Formula kid gave logic. Chart maker gives a picture. The mini dashboard will get a chart — three numbers you already have as links.
Now you 💪
Final Formula kid checklist — all YES:
- Grades: an average in a formula, not a pencil. MIN/MAX under the data.
- Pocket: the whole of column D with a formula. Totals under the week.
- Survey: SUM of votes.
- Dashboard: three live links via
Sheet!. - A change of data = a recalculation everywhere.
- Conditional formatting on grades or the pocket.
- No error cell in the finished workbook.
- Cell kid look still fits (headings, borders).
Formula kid 完了. You can do equals, functions, copying, references between sheets and fixing errors. 修了証 ➗ Formula kid on 修了証. Next level: Chart maker — from numbers we will make a chart.
What to take from this finale
- The whole workbook counts itself — grades, pocket, survey, dashboard.
- One data change goes through all formulas.
- 修了証 excel-vzoreckar after 12 lessons.
- You fix errors at the data source.
- Chart maker will pick up with a chart on the survey and dashboard.
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