APPL19839 Computer Skills for Trades Professionals

Digital Numbers Assignment (worth 5% of your final mark)

Save the file as “Digital Numbers Assignment by __________”.
Your Name Submit it as a MS Excel formatted file (.xlsx).
“A bill of materials (BOM) is an extensive list of raw materials, components and assemblies required to construct,
manufacture or repair a product or service” according to Investopedia (2018).
Read more at: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/bill-of-materials.asp#ixzz5X56JSBRg

Your assignment is to create a Bill of Materials in Excel from a blank workbook with the following:
• Rename Sheet1 to “Bill of Materials” (Delete any sheets that are not being used) (0.25 marks)
• Put a title of your choice in cell A1 of the worksheet. Use a font size that is greater than 12. Use Merge and
Center. (0.25 marks)
• Put the current date in a cell using a function such as TODAY() or NOW() (0.25 marks)
• Create the following heading columns in your worksheet. Make sure the column headings are in the cells similar
to below with wrap text. Adjust column widths as appropriate. (0.25 marks)
Quantity Unit Total
Item / Part SKU # Required Material Type and Specifications Price Cost

• In the rows under the column headings, enter 5+ possible parts in 5+ rows that you might use in a trades project.
Use www.HomeDepot.ca to get their SKU# and prices for items. Be creative. (0.5 marks)
• Create borders around the heading columns above and at least 5+ rows directly below it. (0.25 marks)
• Create a Total Cost using a formula that multiplies the Quantity Required with the Unit Price for each of the
parts you created in the previous step. (0.5 marks)
• Create a label and formula somewhere on the spreadsheet below the list of parts for Total Amount that uses a
function to add all the Total Costs for the various parts. (0.5 marks)
• Put a project name (of your choice) in a cell (of your choice). In the cell below, Insert a Comment with your name
and some extra information about the project. Be creative! (0.25 mark)
• Put a label in a cell that says “Project Budget” and in another cell beside/underneath put in a value to represent
how much is budgeted to be spent on the project. Then in another cell use an IF function to compare the Project
budget and Total Amount values and report if the project is “within budget” or “over budget” (0.25 marks)
• Add another formula(s) that adds, subtracts, multiplies or divides some values in cell references. Perhaps
calculate a total with a tax, a shipping fee or a discount. (0.25 marks)
• Use another function(s) in your worksheet such as COUNT(), MAX(), and AVERAGE() to add something useful or
interesting to your Bill of Materials not already part of the instructions. (0.5 marks)
• Format values/formulas to appropriate Accounting and/or Comma format (0.25 marks)
• Use text wrap, fill colours, borders, etc. and ensure it looks nice and professional when printed (such as fit on
one page and all text is visible) – be creative and place the formatting in appropriate cells. Look at the Print
Preview to see how it looks when printed. Use Spell Check to ensure no spelling mistakes. (0.75 marks)
• Add any other information relevant to the workbook such as add a footer – be creative!

Maintain Academic Integrity: Students are expected to complete this activity on their own. As such, you may not use
someone else’s Excel file and submit it as your own even if you make some changes to it so it looks different as this is
considered cheating for all people involved (including the person who created the first file) so do not share your files.
See Sheridan’s Academic Integrity Policy for more details and possible consequences.

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: When completed: Go to the APPL19839 Course page in SLATE → Click on “Assessments”
→ Click on “Assignments” → Click on “Spreadsheet Assignment” → Scroll down the page past the rubric & Click “Add
a File” → Click on “My Computer” → Click “Upload” → Find the file you saved for this activity wherever you saved it
on the computer and click on it & Click “Open” → Click “Add” → Click “Submit”