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Basics·Scenario·Lesson 18 of 62Free

A monthly household budget

A real-world job using what the Basics section covered.

What you’ll do

Here’s a month of spending against a budget. You’ll work out what’s left in each category, flag the ones that went over, total the month and see how much of it went on rent.

Your turn

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  1. 1
    In D2, work out how much of the Rent budget is left: the budget minus what was spent. Then fill it down to D13.
  2. 2
    In E2, show "Over" if more was spent than budgeted, otherwise "OK". Fill it down to E13.
  3. 3
    In H2, total everything spent this month.
  4. 4
    In H3, work out what share of the total spending went on rent (row 2).
  5. 5
    Show H3 as a percent: select it and press Ctrl+Shift+5.

Type in D2 and press Enter. While you type, click cells to add them.

D2
ABCDEFG
1CategoryBudgetSpentLeftStatusSummary
2Rent18501800Total spent
3Groceries600642Rent share
4Utilities220198
5Transport250231
6Phone8080
7Eating out200286
8Gym6060
9Streaming4552
10Clothes15094
11Gifts100135
12Savings500500
13Fun money150177
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