Excel chapter 5 real estate

In this project you will analyze real estate data.

Skills needed to complete this project: • Converting Data into Tables • Adding Total Rows to Tables • Sorting Data • Filtering Data • Inserting a Line Chart • Resizing and Moving Charts • Showing and Hiding Chart Elements • Exploring Charts • Applying Quick Styles and Colors to Charts • Creating PivotTables Using Recommended PivotTables • Inserting Sparklines • Creating a PivotChart from a PivotTable • Analyzing Data with Data Tables • Analyzing Data with Goal Seek

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1. Open the start file EX2016-SkillReview-5-2. The file will be renamed automatically to include your name.

Change the project file name if directed to do so by your instructor, and save it.

2. If the workbook opens in Protected View, click the Enable Editing button in the Message Bar at the top

of the workbook so you can modify the workbook.

3. Format the data on the Sales Data worksheet as a table using the Green, Table Style Light 14, or Table

Style Light 14 table style:

a. Select any cell in the data.

b. On the Home tab, in the Styles group, click the Format as Table button to display the Table Styles

gallery.

c. Click the Green, Table Style Light 14 style.

Click the Table Style Light 14 style

d. Verify that the My table has headers check box is checked and that the correct data range is selected.

e. Click OK.

4. Add a Total row to the table to display the number of buyers; the average number of bedrooms and

bathrooms for each sale; and the average purchase price, interest rate, and mortgage length.

a. On the Table Tools Design tab, in the Table Style Options group, click the Total Row check box.

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b. In the Total row at the bottom of the table, click in the Buyers column, click the arrow, and select the

Count function.

c. In the Total row at the bottom of the table, click in the Bedrooms column, click the arrow, and select

the Average function.

d. In the Total row at the bottom of the table, click in the Bathrooms column, click the arrow, and select

the Average function.

e. In the Total row at the bottom of the table, click in the Purchase Price column, click the arrow, and

select the Average function.

f. In the Total row at the bottom of the table, click in the Rate column, click the arrow, and select the

Average function.

g. In the Total row at the bottom of the table, click in the Mortgage Years column, click the arrow, and

select the Average function.

IMPORTANT: You must complete steps 5 and 6 in the order they are written to receive all points for

completing step 7.

5. Sort the data so the newest purchases appear at the top.

a. Click anywhere in the Date of Purchase column.

b. On the Data tab, in the Sort & Filter group, click the Z‐A button.

6. Filter the data to show only houses sold by owner with four or five bedrooms.

a. Click the arrow at the top of the Agent column.

b. Click the (Select All) check box to remove all of the checkmarks.

c. Click the check box in front of By Owner.

d. Click OK.

e. Click the arrow at the top of the Bedrooms column.

f. Click the (Select All) check box to remove all of the checkmarks.

g. Click the check boxes in front of 4 and 5.

h. Click OK.

7. Create a line chart showing the purchase prices for houses by date.

a. Select the Date of Purchase data cells. Be careful not to include the column heading. Press and hold

the Ctrl key and click and drag to select the Purchase Price data cells, again being careful not to

include the column heading.

b. On the Insert tab, in the Charts group, click the Insert Line Chart button.

c. Select the first line chart type shown.

d. Click OK.

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8. Move the chart to its own sheet named Purchase Prices.

a. If necessary, select the chart. On the Chart Tools Design tab, in the Locations group, click the Move

Chart button.

b. In the Move Chart dialog, click the New sheet radio button.

c. In the box type: Purchase Prices