A Theatre Seating Plan
How to use Excel to create a
seating plan and ticket sales
model
Developing the seating plan
We are learning today (WALT)
To name a range of cells and
use the COUNTIF function to
count how many seats are sold
To calculate income from seat
sales
An example…
Using Excel
Seating Plan :

We need to
design a seating
plan using MS
Excel
spreadsheet
software
The Model
Sales Model :

We need to
design a model
for calculating
income from
ticket sales
This lesson…

Learn how to name a range of cells
 Learn how to use the COUNTIF function
 Calculate sales
Demonstration – named range

This movie will show you how to name
the range of cells that makes up your
seating plan
Demonstration - countif

This movie will show you how to use the
COUNTIF function in a formula to
calculate how many seats are sold
Extension 1…

Conditional
formatting
to change
the seats
that have
been sold
to a
different
colour so
that they
stand out
Extension 2…

Create an if formula that will automatically type the
text SOLD OUT or AVAILABLE into the cell
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