Lookup inside a calculation

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Exercise 9 of 11 Premium

How much is Lena Fischer's bonus in dollars? Multiply her salary by her department's rate from the bonus table in G1:H5.

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staff-list.xlsx

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About lookups in Excel

Lookups are the most asked-about formulas in Excel job tests. Practice finding a value in a staff list with XLOOKUP and VLOOKUP, use INDEX and MATCH together, chain two lookups, and handle values that aren't there.

GuideHow to Use XLOOKUP in Excel→

Functions you can use here

  • XLOOKUP(lookup_value, lookup_array, return_array, [if_not_found], [match_mode], [search_mode])
  • VLOOKUP(lookup_value, table_array, col_index_num, [range_lookup])
  • INDEX(array, row_num, [column_num])
  • MATCH(lookup_value, lookup_array, [match_type])

More lookups exercises

  1. 1.Find a salary
  2. 2.VLOOKUP by ID
  3. 3.VLOOKUP a numberPremium
  4. 4.Look up a datePremium
  5. 5.INDEX and MATCHPremium
  6. 6.MATCH on its ownPremium
  7. 7.Look to the leftPremium
  8. 8.Chain two lookupsPremium
  9. 9.Lookup inside a calculationPremium
  10. 10.When it's not therePremium
  11. 11.Two-way lookupPremium
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