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.
8 exercises — for Accounting
Multiply quantity by unit price to get a line total.
Work out how many days old each invoice is.
TODAY
Combine date arithmetic with a conditional label.
IF · TODAY
Extract characters from the middle of a text value.
MID
Require two conditions to be true at once.
IF · AND
Use VLOOKUP with exact match to pull prices from a product table.
VLOOKUP
Diagnose and correct a formula that returns the wrong answer.
IF
Use COUNTIF to reconcile two lists and spot what is absent.
COUNTIF · IF
| # | Exercise | Functions | Difficulty | Time | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Calculate line totals with multiplicationHarbor Supply — order ORD-1046 lines | — | Beginner | 3 min | 10 pts |
| 13 | Calculate invoice age with TODAYHarbor Supply — open invoices | TODAY | Intermediate | 8 min | 25 pts |
| 14 | Flag overdue invoices with IF and TODAYHarbor Supply — aged debt | IF · TODAY | Intermediate | 9 min | 25 pts |
| 15 | Pull the year out of an order code with MIDHarbor Supply — order codes | MID | Intermediate | 7 min | 25 pts |
| 17 | Approve orders with ANDHarbor Supply — order approval queue | IF · AND | Intermediate | 8 min | 25 pts |
| 23 | Look up a unit price with VLOOKUPHarbor Supply — quote lines and product master | VLOOKUP | Intermediate | 8 min | 25 pts |
| 26 | Fix a broken commission formulaHarbor Supply — commission run with a bug | IF | Advanced | 14 min | 40 pts |
| 29 | Find which customers are missing from a listHarbor Supply — CRM customers versus billing records | COUNTIF · IF | Advanced | 14 min | 40 pts |