Tuesday, 21 June 2011

Amount Donated vs. Pledged [Excel Formula Homework]

We have some home work folks! Today, lets test your Excel formula skills by giving some data related to a fund.


The problem:


You manage a fund for a non-profit. You have donors who pledge certain amount at the start of the year. As you go thru the year, the donors donate money to your fund. At the end of the year, you have a table like this:


Amount Donated vs. Pledged - Data


And you need to summarize the fund’s performance by calculating all these statistics.


Amount Donated vs. Pledged - Summary Calculation Homework


 


Download the homework file:


Click here to download the homework file. Write formulas in all blue boxes so that the values are calculated properly.


The correct answers are shown below:


Solution for Amount Donated vs. Pledged Excel Homework


Post your Answers using Comments


Once you finish calculating the summary values, please share your approach (and formulas) using comments. Go!


Download the solution file:


There are several ways you can calculate the summary values. Here is my approach. Click here to download the solution file [Excel 2003 version here].


More homework:


If you like to test your Excel skills then, checkout some of these homework problems:



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  2. Find average of closest 2 numbers

  3. When does Thanksgiving day occur on same day again?

  4. Show zebra lines when value changes

  5. More homework & Excel challenges


Thanks David


Special thanks to David, who emailed me this problem a few weeks ago.





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