Introduction

Keeping Organized

Have you ever had trouble keeping track of your money? Maybe you were given money only to discover that after it was spent, you couldn't even remember one item you bought with it? This happens so easily!

What if you could use a computer program to track your money and even graph your spending habits to see where most of your money goes? Spreadsheets can be used for just that, as well as many other useful tasks.

laptop with spreadsheet and columns of numbers on the screen

Lesson Objectives

Following successful completion of this lesson, students will be able to...

  • Utilize spreadsheet features, including formulas and functions, in creating, editing, and printing workbooks
  • Define workbook, worksheet, sheet tab, active cell, formula bar, and cell reference
  • Describe the advantages of spreadsheets
  • Describe the difference between a formula and a function
  • Create a spreadsheet to add up total costs

Enduring Understandings

  • Spreadsheets are useful tools for keeping track of budgets, loans, and school progress, as well as other useful and necessary record keeping.

The above objectives correspond with the Alabama Course of Study: Business Technology Applications standards: 6.