Spreadsheets An Introduction for 5 th Grade

What Is A Spreadsheet?  A tool used to sort, organize and manipulate data.  Spreadsheets make it easy to display information  A spreadsheet is a grid that organizes data into columns and rows

Why Should We Use a Spreadsheet?  It helps sort and organize data.  It is easier than using paper and pencil.  It will do the math for you.  One number can be changed and everything will be recalculated for you!  Data can be turned into a graph with just a click of the mouse!

Spreadsheet Vocabulary  cell-one box in a spreadsheet  row-a series of cells going horizontally  column-a series of cells going vertically  formula-telling the computer how to do the math

How To Move Around In a Spreadsheet  Mouse - click where ever you want to go next  Tab - lets you move to the next cell in the same row  Enter - lets you move to the next cell in the same column  Cursor (arrow) keys - let you move anywhere within the spreadsheet

Let’s Look at a Sample

Let’s Look at How Spreadsheets are Used  Spreadsheets can add, subtract, multiply and/or divide columns of numbers for us!  Spreadsheets are often used in budgeting or any tasks involving numbers or money

We will be creating our own spreadsheets and using them to do the math for us!