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4. A U.S. Treasury bond is trading at 98 and 6/32. Convert this price to its
decimal form.
5. What is the percentage increase if the S&P 500 Index is currently
trading at 1,100 and rises 55 points?
6. Exponential Functions
This lesson will help you refresh your skills using exponents. Many financial
equations rely on exponents to show compounding and growth.
1. A business acquaintance promises to deliver a $20 bill to you one year
from today. How much should you be willing to pay today for this promise?
2. What is the present value of $1,000 received three years from today if
interest rates are currently 6 percent?
3. What is the interest rate on a three-year investment with a future value
of $1000 and a present value of $863.84?
4. The product rule of exponents says that when multiplying two powers
that have the same base, you need to ________.
5. The fifth root of fifteen is equal to ________.
7. Basic Math
This section of the tutorial will cover writing and editing formulas, using cell
references, following the order of operations, and using operators.
1. Which of the following Excel cell entries gives the sum of 20 + 150 +
85?
2. Which letter or symbol does Excel use to multiply numbers?
3. What is the correct order of operations for entering formulas into Excel?
4. Which of the following sequences will give you the square root of 25 in
Excel?
5. Suppose you need to add the values in range of cell from C2 through
C8. Which of the following sequences will give you the correct answer?
8. Organizing Data
This tutorial is designed to help you to successfully utilize Microsoft Excel
in your finance courses.
1. You are working on an Excel table and realize that you need to add a
row to the middle of your table. What is one way to do this?
2. You are working on an Excel table and realize that you need to add a
single cell to your table. What is one way to do this?
3. You are working on an Excel table and realize that you need to delete a
column in the middle of your table and shift the remaining data columns to
the left. What is one way to do this?
4. You are valuing an investment that will produce cash flows of $10,000
each year for 15 years. What is the quickest way to enter $10,000 into each
of the 15 cells of your table?