Spreadsheet Vocabulary

Spreadsheet: document or paper where information is organized into columns and rows

Row: horizontal arrangement of cells identified by a number on the left

Column: vertical arrangement of cells identified by a letter at the top

Cell: the box formed where a column and row cross each other

Cell address: the column letter and row number of a cell (e.g. Al or G3)

Label: text or words

Value: numbers

Sum: the answer to an addition problem

Average: the sum divided by the total number of addends

Difference: the answer to a subtraction problem

Formula: a set of instructions that tells the computer to do a calculation or a task. Formulas are equations that calculate a result from existing values or numbers.

Chart/graph: pictorial representation of data

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