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UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS
Cambridge ICT Starters
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4291/B
ON TRACK
Stage 1: Spreadsheets for a Purpose
2012
Maximum time allowed: 1 hour 30 minutes
No Additional Materials are required.
READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST
Write your Centre number, candidate number and name on all the work you hand in.
For Tutor Use
Spreadsheets for a Purpose
Candidate was able to:
Pass/
Merit
Design a spreadsheet with a specific
purpose
P
Create the spreadsheet
P
Test the spreadsheet
P
Modify the spreadsheet to make it suitable
for its purpose
M
Evaluate the spreadsheet
M
Please
tick
Tutors also need to complete and sign the
Learning Objectives Record Sheet for each Candidate.
This document consists of 4 printed pages.
IB12 01_4291_01B/FP
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Centre Number
Candidate Number
Name
On Track – Stage 1 – Spreadsheets for a Purpose
Section A
A fund raising event is to be held in your school. Your class decides to sell five food
items. There are three types of fruit and two types of cake. 100 items of each food
type are donated for free.
1
Plan a spreadsheet to model what profit you can make. Fill in the gaps in this
planning table.
Data Label
Cell reference
Food item
A1
Cost of one item
B1
Number sold
C1
Profit on each item
D1
Total Fruit Profit
E4
Total Cake Profit
E6
Total Profit
C7
Format of data
Label
Formula
X
Currency
(LO1)
2
(a) Open your spreadsheet software and create a new spreadsheet according to
the plan. Make sure the data labels are in the correct cells. Format the data
and put in all the formulae in the appropriate cells.
(b) Enter the following data to your spreadsheet.
(i) Fruit 1 costs 10 cents and you sell 56.
(ii) Fruit 2 costs 14 cents and you sell 45.
(iii) Fruit 3 costs 7 cents and you sell 87.
(iv) Cake 1 costs 16 cents and you sell 69.
(v) Cake 2 costs 15 cents and you sell 84.
(LO2)
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Centre Number
Candidate Number
Name
On Track – Stage 1 – Spreadsheets for a Purpose
3
Describe one way you checked your spreadsheet to make sure it worked
correctly.
4
Use your spreadsheet to complete the following.
The Fruit Profit was
The Cake Profit was
The Total profit was
5
Put your name into cell E1. Save the file and call it by your name.
6
Print your spreadsheet with the formulae showing.
(LO3)
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Centre Number
Candidate Number
Name
On Track – Stage 1 – Spreadsheets for a Purpose
Section B
1
Your teacher wants a chart to compare the fruit and cake profits. A pie chart would
be most suitable. The profit of each must be shown and you must change the
colours.
Place this chart onto Sheet 1. Call this file by your name and section B. Save this
new file.
(LO4)
2
Make another chart to compare the number of fruit and cake items sold.
(i) Make a chart to show that more fruit was sold.
(ii) Add the labels and formulae to give total numbers of fruit and cakes sold.
(iii) Place this chart next to the other chart on Sheet 1.
(iv) Make sure that the table and both charts are on one page only.
(v) Print.
3
Explain why the teacher needs both charts.
(LO5)
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