Isaac Said:

How do I set up a table in Excel?

We Answered:

If your data is on Sheet1,
column A: item number
column B: description
column C: unit measure
column D: price per unit

and your quantity is on Sheet2,
column A: item number
column B: quantity

On another sheet you can have VLOOKUP functions that look up each value. For example if you wanted to look up the price from Sheet1 and quantity from Sheet2 and multiply them together:
A2 has your item number
B2: = VLOOKUP(A2, Sheet1!$a$2:$d$100,4,false) * VLOOKUP(A2, Sheet2!$a$2:$b$100,2,false)

Good luck.

Sean Said:

Fall birthday kindergarten dilemma. PreK at current preschool OR public kinder with a plan to probably repeat?

We Answered:

Statistics and child psychology both show that it is better to start school a little later for a child because he will perform better and develop at a quicker rate.

Children, especially very young ones, enjoy familiarity and sameness; it gives them a sense of security and security now equals later independence.

When you add to that a concern that he may have to repeat his kindergarten year (which would certainly make him feel left behind and somehow inadequate when he can't keep up with the others)...

...the best option would be keeping him in pre-K one more year.

P.S. My son's birthday is December 7... as I was working on a waver to get him in school the year he turned 5 instead of waiting, that is when I found bounds of research which convinced me it was best to wait. Even though he was (is) very intelligent and was already reading sight words, doing math, etc, I found that starting children early can actually slow their academic development instead of enhancing it.

I believe I made the right choice... he's 14 and graduated from junior high at the top of his class, he reads at a college level, and is entering Algebra 2 (a rarity for 9th grade) this fall. "Holding him back" until the next fall helped rather than hurt.

Every child is an individual, and maybe starting younger won't hurt every one, but certainly the research results and statistical evidence that it helps to start later is worth considering.

Of course, you will ultimately decide what is best for your kids. Sounds like you are a loving, thoughtful parent and your involvement in his education is the most important factor out of them all.

Craig Said:

My teacher speaks in a thick accent and the class doesnt understand. Is there anything I can do?

We Answered:

Talk to the counselor about it. I think the counselor can help arrange a teacher's aide which will make the notes and tests for your class. Tell the counselor you don't want to fail that class, just that you can't understand the teacher. Either the counselor or another person in the school, possibly the principal. I had a Ukranian science teacher who said "Artu" and "Tesboot" for "Arthur" and "Textbook". We didn't understand him and someone talked to another staff member and got a teacher aide in the class.

Erika Said:

How can I create multiple worksheets with the same table format for all in the same workbook in Excel?

We Answered:

If it's any help, you can copy more than one worksheet at a time, so you'd only have to do the exercize 5 times to get 30 sheets (copy the first sheet to make two, then copy two sheets to make four and so on...).

Or, you can make a macro to do it.

Is there any reason you don't set up a monthly template, with 30 pages already in it and just use this each month?