Excel Activity 1
1. Create a new excel spreadsheet. Title it “Excel 1_YourName - Your Class”
2. Merge & center cells A1 & B1. Type “Pizza Topping Preference”
3. On column A cell 2, start typing the pizza toppings from top down: Pepperoni, Sausage,
Cheese, Hawaiian and Supreme.
4. In a classroom of 40 students, 23 preferred pepperoni, 8 preferred sausage, 2 preferred
cheese, 5 preferred Hawaiian, and 2 preferred supreme. Type these numbers next to the
appropriate topping category.
5. Create a box outline around your data, use the all borders outline option
6. Select cells A1 & B1 and paint it a color of your choosing.
7. Highlight cells A2-6 and cells B2-6, click on the insert tab, and select pie (2D pie).
8. Click on your chart and select “chart title.” From the drop down, select “above chart.”
Type in Pizza Topping Preference as the pie chart title
■ End of Activity 1 ■
Excel Activity 2
1. At the bottom of your Excel 1 document, add a new sheet
2. For this activity you will be recording grades for Mr. L's Science class. Mr. L's 3rd
period has 29 students. To begin, merge cells B1- E1 by highlighting these cells and
using the merge button. Type “Science Grade Breakdown”
3. On B3 type Grade, on C2 type number of students. Make row C wide so the entire
title fits.
4. Start on B3 and record the following categories from top down: A, B, C, D, F. After
you type this, highlight all your info and center text.
5. Create a box around the data highlighted above, use the “all borders” option. Add
color to your categories by using the paint bucket option.
6. Mr. L currently has 14 students who are receiving A’s, 7 students have B’s, 4
students have C’s, 0 students have D’s, and 4 students have F’s. Enter this
information next to the corresponding cell.
7. After you have entered your data highlight the grade and number of students portion
of your graph and insert a column graph.
8. After you have entered your graph, add a title above the graph the same way you did
in activity 1, step 8.
9. Turn in your Excel file in Google Classroom, with a Save your File as:
WK16 - YourName - Class