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The following is a spreadsheet to calculate the results and efficiency of the bowls team

 

 

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

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2

Winter Bowls Two Mat League 2005-2006

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

Date

Oponent

Play

For

Against

Result

Skip

No 1

No2

Effective

5

10th Oct

Aylesbury

Home

10

6

Win

Botham

Barker

Beckham

63%

6

21st Oct

Thame

Away

9

7

Win

Giggs

Trueman

McInroe

56%

7

24th Oct

P'Risborough

Home

7

10

Lost

Giggs

Trueman

Beckham

41%

8

14th Nov

Oxford

Home

19

2

Win

Clarke

Barker

Stewart

90%

9

28th Nov

Wallingford

Home

5

7

Lost

Botham

Barker

Stewart

42%

10

16th Jan

Weatley

Home

9

7

Win

Clarke

Moss

Beckham

56%

11

30th Jan

H Wycombe

Home

7

5

Win

Giggs

Moss

Stewart

58%

12

13th Feb

Watlington

Home

9

6

Win

Clarke

Barker

Beckham

60%

13

20th Mar

Amersham

Home

9

9

Draw

Giggs

Moss

Beckham

50%

14

28th Mar

Beaconsfield

Away

9

5

Win

Botham

Moss

Stewart

64%

15

3rd April

Bourne End

Home

4

10

Lost

Giggs

Barker

Beckham

29%

16

11th April

Marlow

Away

7

9

Lost

Moss

Trueman

Stewart

44%

17

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18

 

Total

 

104

83

 

 

 

 

 

19

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20

 

Success rate

 

 

 

7 Wins

 

56% Eff

 

 

 

Notes:           

The font colour option is used to change the colour of the text in columns D & E

Select the “format font” icon and choose the colour that you want

D18 & E18 are calculated by using the SUM function to add D5 to D16 and E5 to E16

SUM(D5:D16)

F5 to F16 are calculated as Win, Lost or Draw depending on our team scores by using the IF statement

      IF(D5>E5,"Win",IF(D5<E5,"Lost",IF(AND(D5<>0,E5<>0),"Draw","")))

Inserting text depending on a condition

Use the IF statement to evaluate the contents of cells and then put the answer in this cell

The  format is IF(condition,true,false)

You can have nested IF statements so if the condition is not true you can ask another question

IF (condition,true,if(condition,true,false),false))

You can have up to 64 nested IF statements but you will then have a formula that is so complex that is will be almost impossible to understand.

In this example the AND statement is used so that the word “Draw” is only inserted if the scores are equal and greater than zero. (The symbols <> mean “Not equal to”)

The effective rate is our team score as a percentage of the total score

      IF(OR(D5>0,E5>0),D5/(D5+E5),"")

The calculation is only performed if either D5 or E5 is greater than zero

The number of wins for our team is calculated from the results column using the COUNTIF statement

IF(AND(D18=0,E18=0),"",IF(COUNTIF(F5:F16,"Win")=1,COUNTIF(F5:F16,"Win")&" Win", COUNTIF(F5:F16,"Win")&" Wins"))

The efficiency is calculated as the total home match score as a percentage of the total match score

The same technique is used in cell H20 to add the characters "% Eff" after the calculated figure

      IF(AND(D18=0,E18=0),"",ROUND((D18/(D18+E18)*100),0)&"% Eff")

The colours of the results are calculated by using CONDITIONAL FORMATTING

Similarly the colour of the cell for the success rate is calculated by looking to see if there is information in cell H20

 

 

Calculating the future value of investments

 

 

A

B

C

D

E

F

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Interest Rates

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

This option will show you how much return you can get on an investment

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5

It uses the function FV(interest rate,number of payment periods,amount of payment each period, lumpsum payment,payment due)

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7

Tax Rate

20.00%

 

 

 

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

Sum to invest

£700.00

 

 

 

 

10

Number of years

3

 

 

 

 

11

Interest Rate

3.50%

 

 

 

 

12

 

 

 

 

 

 

13

 

Lump sum

 

Equal amount per year

 

Lump sum and then equal amounts each year

14

Gross Interest rate

3.50%

 

3.50%

 

3.50%

15

Number of payments

3

 

3

 

3

16

Amount of payment each period *

0

 

-£233.33

 

-£166.67

17

Lumpsum payment  *

-£700.00

 

£0.00

 

-£200.00

18

Payment due indicator

1

 

1

 

1

19

 

 

 

 

 

 

20

Final value of investment

£776.10

 

£750.15

 

£757.57

21

 

 

 

 

 

 

22

Gross Interest

£76.10

 

£50.15

 

£57.57

23

 

 

 

 

 

 

24

Tax

£15.22

 

£10.03

 

£11.51

25

 

 

 

 

 

 

26

Final value of investment after tax

£760.88

 

£740.12

 

£746.05

 

 

* Values that come out of your bank account are entered as negatives and those that go in as positives

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Formula for cell B20 - FV(B14,B15,B16,B17,B18)

 

 

 

 

 

Formula for cell B22 - B20+(B16*B15)+B17

 

 

 

 

 

Formula for cell B24 - (B22*$B$7)

 

 

 

 

 

Formula for cell B26 - B20-B24

 

 

 

 

 

If you would like copies of these spreadsheet please send an e-mail to info

 

 

 

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