SOFTWARE APPLICATION-SPREADHSEETS

Spreadsheets

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​Software Application

​What is a spreadsheet? (WINB*)

A spreadsheet is a grid of rows and columns on one sheet of paper, to show all the numeric (number) data for a business or other organisation.

A computer spreadsheet is an application package that enables you to carry out numerical work easily. It is a way of showing how numerical data items relate to each other.



*WIB - Write In Notebook

Multiple Select

1. What is a computer spreadsheet package?

• an application package that enables you to carry out numerical work easily

• a way of showing how numerical data items relate to each other

• a piece of software designed to help you work with numbers

(*WINB)
Who uses spread sheets?

Multiple Select

Which of the following jobs may most likely use spreadsheets?

• Teachers

• scientists

• Bankers

• Grocery Managers

Multiple Select

Which of the following is NOT a way in which spreadsheets are used?

• to create simple tabulations such as invoices and price

  lists

• to hold accounting and financial

  data

• to perform advanced text

  processing

• to capture, display and manipulate numeric

  data

​(*WINB)

A spreadsheet is made up of rows and columns

Rows run from left to right on the spreadsheet grid and are identified by numbers.
Columns run up and down are identified by letters.
The intersection of a row and a column is called cell.

Multiple Choice

Spreadsheet rows are easily identified by:

• a. numbers.
• b. letters.
• c. Roman numerals.
• d. colors.

Multiple Choice

Spreadsheet columns are easily identified by:

• a. numbers.
• b. letters.
• c. Roman numerals.
• d. colors.

Multiple Choice

The intersection of a row and a column is called:

• data

• a cell

• a

  field

• an equation