Spreadsheets

[carolineizzy]

Hi im stuck on my homeework can anyone help me? i need to find out 3 advantages to using a spreadsheet to a calculator and i dont know!! Please help me!!! Thanx

[Whickerman]

1. More accurate answering - ie more numbers available onscreen

2. You can keep as many problems as possible on screen - you don't have to wipe each one out to start a new problem

3. You can save your work

4. you can format and print your work

5, you can send your work to someone else...

[Hippy]

You can set up complicated calculations with lots of cross references and feed different figures in to see what happens. For instance, cost of car per mile, from cost of fuel, miles per gallon, insurance per year, miles per year, tax per year, cost of buying car per year over lifetime of car, repair MOT Tyres oil antifreeze costs per year and so on. You set up the formulas and you can use the same template again for a different situation e.g. different car, higher price fuel etc.