Real situations from working spreadsheets — sales targets, commission tiers, messy exports, aged invoices. Numbered in recommended order: start at 1 and work down, or filter to what you need.
5 exercises — Beginner · for Accounting
Turn separate year, month and day columns into a real date Excel understands.
DATE
Multiply quantity by unit price to get a line total.
Stamp the current date into a cell as a fixed value.
Subtract cost from revenue to find what each order actually earned.
Work out what a customer pays after their contracted discount.
| # | Exercise | Functions | Difficulty | Time | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Assemble a delivery date with DATEHarbor Supply — inbound delivery schedule | DATE | Beginner | 5 min | 15 pts |
| 5 | Calculate line totals with multiplicationHarbor Supply — order ORD-1046 lines | — | Beginner | 3 min | 10 pts |
| 14 | Type today's date without typing itNo dataset — this one is about your hands | — | Beginner | 3 min | 10 pts |
| 17 | Work out gross margin per orderHarbor Supply — order profitability | — | Beginner | 3 min | 10 pts |
| 19 | Apply a percentage discount to a list priceHarbor Supply — contracted distributor pricing | — | Beginner | 5 min | 15 pts |