VIP Class Notes (Tony)

Vocabulary

graph – an image that represents numbers or data

eg: There are many kinds of graphs. Bar graph, Pie Chart, Ven Diagram…

eg: We don’t include graphs in our excel files.

spreadsheet – 1. a sheet of paper with a GRID, (meaning many boxes. ) 2. an excell file type

eg: Can we take a look at that spreadsheet again?

eg: I need to create a spreadsheet for product costs.

How to describe Numbers Going UP or DOWN:

UP: (Increase)

The price increased by 10% based on the price of last year.

Vocab:

Bumped up ( a slight increase)

Moved up / Went up / Rose (past tense of rise)

Jumped (a big increase)

(Sky) Rocketed /is Rocketing (a huge increase, very quickly)

DOWN: (Decrease)

Vocab:

Dropped – go down quickly

eg: The price dropped a lot over 6 months.

Moved down / Went down

eg: These costs keep going down.

Fall

eg: We expect insurance costs to fall after the government introduces their new program.

Plummet – to fall, very quickly down

eg: The stock is plummeting, I lost big on it.

The rental fee decreased by 5% compared to last year.

BOTH: Up and down

Vocab:

Dip: Down a little first then back up

eg: We usually have a dip in production during the holidays.

eg: Production dips in the winter.

eg: Production dipped last month, but the factory recovered.

Fluctuate: Continuously changing

eg: Currency values are always fluctuating.

Spike: There was a spike in sales in May.

eg: There seems to be a spike in costs from this (tariff) situation.

the number that is highlighted in yellow

please see the new price that is highlighted in yellow.

The increase percentage for the price of each product is different.

The increase percentage is at the head of column X.