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Expense Spreadsheet w/ Chart

Assignment: Students create an expense chart using a spreadsheet to show how much they have spent on school supplies. Students use the autosum formula to easily calculate the total expense costs.

Download: excel-school-supplies-expenses-finished-example.xlsx

Excel School Supplies Expenses - Finished Example

Download: excel-school-supplies-price-list.pdf

School Supplies Prices List

Students choose school supplies from this list for their spreadsheet.

Download: school-supplies-expense-spreadsheet-with-chart-instructions.pdf

Student Instructions

Excel Mini-Course in 4 Minutes:

Quickly learn the essentials you need for this lesson with these short, focused video tutorials. Watch all the videos to see how to create a budget and chart from start to finish or just watch the ones you need.

This Excel Lesson
Teaches the Following Basic Skills:

• Creating and formatting a spreadsheet title using "merge and center"
• Entering data in columns and rows
• Using the simple formula "Autosum" to automatically calculate total expenses
• Formatting numbers as currency and adding $ signs.
• Creating a chart using the data entered.
• Using different colors for chart bars to improve visual presentation
• Creating, sizing, and positioning the chart to fit on a single page with the data
• Searching, inserting, sizing, and positioning clipart or pictures
• Using print preview and printing

Download: rubric-for-spreadsheet-with-chart.pdf

Excel Spreadsheet Rubric for Grading Assignments