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.
10 exercises — Intermediate · for Accounting
Work out how many days old each invoice is.
TODAY
Combine date arithmetic with a conditional label.
IF · TODAY
Reach the paste-special dialog to drop formulas and keep results.
Extract characters from the middle of a text value.
MID
Require two conditions to be true at once.
IF · AND
Find rows whose order number appears more than once in the column.
COUNTIF · IF
Combine two logical tests so one condition can override the other.
AND · OR · IF
Use VLOOKUP with exact match to pull prices from a product table.
VLOOKUP
Recall the argument order that differs between SUMIF and SUMIFS.
SUMIF · SUMIFS
Match a weight to a rate band, where the weight will never appear in the table.
VLOOKUP
| # | Exercise | Functions | Difficulty | Time | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | Calculate invoice age with TODAYHarbor Supply — open invoices | TODAY | Intermediate | 8 min | 25 pts |
| 36 | Flag overdue invoices with IF and TODAYHarbor Supply — aged debt | IF · TODAY | Intermediate | 9 min | 25 pts |
| 37 | Paste the numbers, not the formulasNo dataset — this one is about your hands | — | Intermediate | 4 min | 20 pts |
| 38 | Pull the year out of an order code with MIDHarbor Supply — order codes | MID | Intermediate | 7 min | 25 pts |
| 43 | Approve orders with ANDHarbor Supply — order approval queue | IF · AND | Intermediate | 8 min | 25 pts |
| 48 | Spot duplicate order numbers with COUNTIFHarbor Supply — order import, run twice | COUNTIF · IF | Intermediate | 9 min | 30 pts |
| 55 | Flag accounts for review with AND and ORHarbor Supply — accounts receivable review | AND · OR · IF | Intermediate | 9 min | 30 pts |
| 63 | Look up a unit price with VLOOKUPHarbor Supply — quote lines and product master | VLOOKUP | Intermediate | 8 min | 25 pts |
| 65 | Which range does SUMIFS want first?Conceptual question — no dataset | SUMIF · SUMIFS | Intermediate | 3 min | 20 pts |
| 67 | Look up a shipping band with VLOOKUPHarbor Supply — carrier rate card by weight band | VLOOKUP | Intermediate | 10 min | 30 pts |