Exercise 29: CRITICAL THINKING PROBLEM

In order to keep track of travel expenses for the salespeople at the Bit-Byte Computer Company,
you have been asked to create a spreadsheet summarizing travel expenses for July. Bit-Bytes
AUTO EXPENSE reimbursement policy is to pay salespeople for the use of their car at the rate of
30 cents per mile for the first 1000 miles and 20 cents per mile over 1000.
DIRECTIONS:
1. Create a spreadsheet file that summarizes expenses for those salespeople who submitted
reimbursement forms shown below. Use appropriate labels and a title.
2. Find:
a. AUTO EXPENSE for each salespeople
i. HINT: Use an IF statement formula
b. TOTALS for each expense
c. TOTALS for each salespeople
d. HIGHEST AUTO MILEAGE
e. LOWEST AUTO MILEAGE
f. AVERAGES for each expense
3. Use the formatting features correctly

Exercise 29: CRITICAL THINKING PROBLEM

BIT-BYTE COMPUTER COMPANY

BIT-BYTE COMPUTER COMPANY

EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT REQUEST

EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT REQUEST

Name
Auto
Mileage
Hotel

ALTMAN

$490.00

Auto
Mileage
Hotel

$387.00

Food

$168.00

Food

$259.00

Entertainment

$165.00

Entertainment

$237.00

Airfare

$329.00

Airfare

$250.00

Date

JULY 31

Date

JULY 31

780

1340

BIT-BYTE COMPUTER COMPANY

BIT-BYTE COMPUTER COMPANY

EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT REQUEST

EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT REQUEST

Name

DIAZ

Name

Auto
Mileage
Hotel

1800
$256.00

Auto
Mileage
Hotel

$350.00

Food

$125.00

Food

$314.00

Entertainment

$112.00

Entertainment

$65.00

Airfare

$326.00

Airfare

$908.00

Date

JULY 31

Date

JULY 31

BIT-BYTE COMPUTER COMPANY

EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT REQUEST

Name

Name

ROBERTS

PIERCE

Auto
Mileage
Hotel

$480.00

Food

$129.00

Entertainment

$100.00

Airfare

$1563.00

Date

JULY 31

1100

OLSON
600

Exercise 29: CRITICAL THINKING PROBLEM