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DAY 4: MICROSOFT EXCEL – CHAPTER 2 Madhuri Siddula [email protected] January 26, 2015 FORMULA BASICS CELL REFERENCES • Relative • Absolute • Mixed DATA RELATIVE REFERENCE • Amount financed = House Cost – Down Payment ABSOLUTE REFERENCE • Rate Per Period = Mortgage Rate / Pmts Per Year MAKE B5 CONSTANT THROUGHOUT COLUMN F • B5 can be made constant by: – Enter symbol “$” before and after B – Go to the formula and take cursor to B5 and press F4 MIXED REFERENCE • # of payment periods = Years * Pmts Per Year CIRCULAR REFERENCE Correct the formula: % financed = Amount Financed / House Cost FUNCTIONS FUNCTION CATEGORIES • • • • • • Date and Time Financial Logical Lookup & Reference Math & Trig Statistical INSERT A FUNCTION BASIC MATH AND STAT FUNCTIONS • • • • • • SUM MIN MAX COUNT AVERAGE MEDIAN DATE FUNCTIONS • • • • • • • • Today Now Date Day Edate Eomonth Month Year LOGICAL, LOOKUP AND FINANCIAL FUNCTIONS • • • • • • Equal to Not equal to Less than Greater than Less than or equal to Greater than or equal to USE IF CONDITION TO ANALYSE LOGICAL OPERATIONS VLOOKUP FUNCTION Class Grades Grading Lookup Table Range Grade Range Grade 90-100 A 0 F 80-89 B 60 D 70-79 C 70 C 60-69 D 80 B Below 60 F 90 A VLOOKUP(lookup_value, table_array, col_index_number, [range_lookup]) EXAMPLE PMT FUNCTION • Financial function to calculate monthly payment for the loan taken based on several attributes: – Interest rate per period – Total # of payments for the loan – Present value – Future value – Type LOGICAL FUNCTION - IF • If %down >= downpayment rate – True - Monthly PMI should display “Greater” – False - Monthly PMI should display “Less” LOGICAL FUNCTION - IF RANGE NAMES CREATE A RANGE NAME USE A RANGE NAME IN A FORMULA