Grade 10 | Electronic Spreadsheet | Essay Paper

1) Consider the following spreadsheet segment giving some statistics related to certain education indicators
for Sri Lanka. (2015)

Source:
1) Statistical Handbook 2010 of National Science Foundation
2) Education Information - Ministry of Education
a) What is the single spreadsheet function that can be used in cell B3 to display the total number of schools
for 2008?
b) What will be the formula displayed in C3, if the formula in B3 is copied to C3?
c) “Student/Teacher Ratio (Govt. Schools)” is calculated by dividing the number of students in government
schools by the total number of teachers in government schools. What is the formula to be written in cell
B14 to display the student/teacher ratio (Govt. schools) in 2008?
d) Suggest the most suitable graph type to show the comparison between the numbers of government
schools, private schools and pirivenas for the given three years.

2) State whether the following statements regarding spreadsheets are True or False:
(You are required to write only the statement number (a) - (f) and True/False.) (2015)
a) The autofill facility can be used to copy a formula to a range of adjacent cells.
b) Text entries in cells get right aligned automatically by default.
c) It is possible to get cell borders to appear on a spreadsheet printout.
d) It is possible to hide rows and columns in a spreadsheet.
e) By pressing Control + Home keys the cursor is moved to cell A1.
f) When Control + Pageup keys are pressed, the active cell jumps to the next worksheet.

3) The given spreadsheet segment shows the distribution of monthly tea prices for the year 2015
(source: www.indexmundi.com) (2016)

Use the above spreadsheet segment to answer the following questions.

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1. A formula of the form =function1 (cell1:cell2) is
written in cell B16 to calculate and display the
average price of tea for the year 2015. Write down the
relevant terms for function1, cell1 and cell2.
2. Price difference of average monthly price for the
month of December is calculated as follows.
Price Difference December = Price December - Price November
A formula of the form =function2 (cell3:cell4) is
written in cell C15 to display the price difference for
December, 2015.
Write down the relevant terms for function2, cell3
and cell4.
3. What would be the formula displayed in cell C4 if the formula in C15 is copied to cell C4?
4. Name two appropriate chart types available in spreadsheet software to show the variation in the average
monthly price of tea for the year 2015.
5. What cell range would you use for the horizontal axis to draw the charts in your answer to (iv) above?

4) The following spreadsheet segment shows CO2 emission (kt) of some Asian countries in the years 1972
and 2014. (2017)
1. Write down the formula that should be written
in cell D4 to find the difference or CO2 emission
between years 2014 and 1972 in Bangladesh.
| Difference = Value of year 2014 - Value or year
1972 |
2. Write down the formula that should be written in
cell E4 to calculate the percentage increase of CO2
emission from 1972 to 2014 for Bangladesh.
| Percentage Increase = (Difference/Value of year
1972) x 100]
3. Assume that the town formulae entered to cells D4 and E4 are the cell range. D5:EI0. Write down
respectively the two formulae displayed in cell D9 and E9 that are related to Sri Lanka.
4. A formula in the form of =function1 (cell1:cell2) is written in cell B11 to calculate the total CO2 emission
in all countries in 1972. Write down the relevant terms for function1, cell1 and cell2.
5. Name the most suitable chart type in spreadsheet software to show the CO2 emission of given countries
in 1972 and 2014.

5) Consider the spreadsheet segment given below containing

prices of two models of laptop computers and their
accessories. (2018)
 The delivery cost is Rs.350 and this cost is shown in cell
B10. “Total” and “Total including Delivery Cost” are to be
calculated for the two models.
1. Write down the formula that should be entered in cell
B6 to calculate the ‘Total’ for Model A in the form of
=function (cell1:cell2).
2. lf this formula is copied to cell C6, what value
will be displayed in C6?
3. Write down two formulae that can be written in cell B7
to calculate the “Total including Delivery Cost” using
only cell addresses, functions and arithmetic operators.

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 4. If the formula in cell B7 was copied to cell C7, and value shown in C7 was 73600, what for formula
is in cell C7?
6) Consider the following spreadsheet segment which consists of marks obtained by 40 students in a
class for their three subjects at a school term test. Students’ marks for Subject 1, Subject 2 and
Subject 3 are shown in columns C, D and E respectively. This spreadsheet is used to compute the Z-
score for each subject of each student and the final Z-score for each student. (2019)

1. Write down the formula that should be entered in cell C43 to calculate the average mark for Subject
1 in the form of =function1 (cell1:cell2)
2. If this formula is copied to cells D43 and E43, write down the formula that will appear in cell
D43.
3. The Z-score for a subject of a student can be calculated by using the following formula:
Z-score = (student’s marks for the subject - average marks for the subject) / SD value of the subject
The SD values required for each subject are given in cells C44, D44 and E44 respectively.
(a) Write down the formula that should be entered to cell F3 to calculate Kamal’s Z-score for Subject 1.
Note that this formula is to be copied to calculate the Z-scores for Subject 1 of all other students too.
(b) If this formula is copied to cell range F4 to F42, write down the formula that will appear in
cell F42 which shows Khan’s Z-score for Subject 1.
4. The final Z-score of a student is the average of the three Z-scores for the subjects. Write down the
formula to calculate the final Z-score value of Kamal in cell I3 using only the functions COUNT and
SUM.
5. Assuming that student Z-score values for the three subjects and the final Z-score for all students have
been calculated, write down a formula that should be entered in cell I44 to find the highest final
Z-score value in the form of =function2(cell3:cell4).

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7) The following spreadsheet segment shows some statistics of test cricket players with most Centuries
scored. (2020)

1. The column H is used to show the Batting Average of each player. The average of a player is
calculated by using the formula =(Runs) / ( Innings - Not Outs)
Write down the formula that should be entered into cell H3 to obtain SR Tendulkar's average.
2. Assume that the formula entered to cell H3 is copied to the cell range H4:H22. Write down the formula
displayed in the cell H22.
3. Write down the steps to display these averages in column H with two decimal places.
4. Write down the formula in the form of =function (cell1:cell2) that should be entered in cell H24 to find
the highest average.
5. Write down the most suitable chart type available spreadsheet software from the given List of Charts for
the following.
(a) To show the number of Centuries, Fifties and Ducks obtained by SR Tendulkar.
List of Charts for part (a): {Pie, Line, Scatter, Area}
(b) To show the comparisons of the Centuries, Fifties and Ducks obtained by all players in
the same chart.
List of Charts for part (b): {Area, Pie, Bar, Scatter}