Practice Exercises on Absolute and Mixed Cell References
In the previous blogs, we learned about Relative Cell Reference and Absolute Cell Refrence in Excel. This blog will provide some practice Exercises on Absolute and Mixed Cell References.
- Please find attached the sample dataset, it contains Courses, Fee and Early Bird discount of 10%
The value on Cell C3 (Fee after discount) is 900 and is calculated as =B3-(B3*E1).
Objective: You have to calculate C3 and autofill the remaining cells. if you get incorrect values or errors, correct the calculation on C3 and do autofill again to get the corrrect values as shown below.
2. Please find below sample dataset, it contains courses and Fees on specific days of the months. The courses get discounts too (Column E)
The value on Cell F2 (Net Fee 5th of Month) is 950 and is calculated as =B2-(B2*E2).
Objective: Calculate F2 and autofill this value horizontally and vertically, you will get an error. You have to fix the calculation in F2 and then autofill it horizontally and vertically to the get the correct values as shown below:
3. Please find below sample dataset, it contains Amount in dollars and conversion rate for different currencies.
The calculation in cell B4 (INR) is =A4*F2.
Objective: Autofill this calculation vertically and horizontally. If you get an error, fix the calculation in B4 and then autofill vertically and horizontally to ge the correct results as shown below:
These exercises will use the concepts of absolute and mixed cell references. You can place your calculations in the comments.
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