Candy Store Statistics
Introduction: Your Principal has agreed to let you run a candy store in the cafeteria during
lunch time for one week. You plan to use the profits to help finance a special field trip.
Because you are responsible to your class to accurately report your profits, you must keep
detailed records and calculate your sales statistics and your net profits. You will create
worksheets and graphs in Excel that will prove that you are a responsible shop keeper and that
you are able to show your profits. You should have only one excel file or workbook that will
have multiple sheets when you are done. Use appropriate titles and formatting throughout.
After one week of selling candy, these are the numbers of candy items you sold:
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
M&M’s
Snickers
Milky
Way
Butterfinger
Reese’s
Skittles
Sour
Straws
30
27
34
25
45
20
10
29
11
44
15
17
41
17
38
12
15
22
29
33
13
15
33
25
21
23
35
41
21
22
44
43
56
31
27
Use the data above to create a spreadsheet that shows the following:
1. Be sure to include your name and the school name in your title (for example: Corky’s
Candy Sales Statistics).
2. Your spreadsheet should show the number of each type of candy that was sold each day
of the week for the week you were allowed to run the store.
3. Show Daily Statistics for each candy item that includes:
a. The total candy sold per day.
b. The most candy sold per day.
c. The least candy sold per day.
4. Show Weekly Statistics for each candy item that includes:
a. The total candy sold for the week.
b. The most candy sold during the week.
c. The least candy sold during the week.
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You will also need to know how much you have to pay for each type of candy that you sell in
your store:
Type of Candy
M & M’s
Snickers
Milky Way
Butterfingers
Reese’s
Skittles
Sour Straws
Unit Cost
Selling Price
(how much you had to pay for each bar/pack)
(how much you sold each candy bar for)
$0.30
$0.28
$0.25
$0.30
$0.31
$0.26
$0.32
$0.50
$0.50
$0.50
$0.50
$0.50
$0.50
$0.50
5. Create a second worksheet that shows the Calculated Profit of your candy store sales,
including:
a. The Candy items.
b. The Unit Cost for each item of candy.
c. The Selling Price for each item of candy.
d. The Profit per Each Candy Item (Hint: you can calculate this by subtracting
your cost from the selling price; be sure to use a formula with cell addresses.).
e. The Weekly Number Sold for each candy item.
f. The Gross Candy Receipts (This is the total amount of money you took in during
your sale. Be sure to use a formula with cell addresses.).
g. The Total Cost per Each Candy Item
h. The Net Profit per Each Candy Item (Find this by multiplying the weekly sales
of each candy item by its amount of profit; be sure to use a formula with cell
addresses).
i. Totals for both Gross Candy Receipts, Total Cost, and Net Profit (be sure to
use a function with cell addresses).
6. Create Graphs as separate sheets in your workbook that show:
a. A column chart for each candy item’s net profit. Include data labels.
b. A line chart for the each candy item sold per day. Include data points and a data
table.
c. A bar chart for the weekly candy item sales totals. Include data labels.
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7. Be sure that all of your graphs are clearly labeled and that each of your sheet tabs have an
appropriate label. Make sure you set your print area on your spreadsheets and do a
proper page set-up including a header, margin check, page orientation setting, and
gridline check.
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