Over on Facebook, Kristin asks, Help, my blood pressure is going thru the roof. I can’t seem to solve this blood pressure problem.
Okay, I am kidding. That is not what Kristin said. Here we go again…
Let’s simplify Kristin’s problem.
You have some data in the format shown aside.
Click here to download the sample file.
And you want to find out the BP category for each reading, using below rules.
- Normal – SBP < 140 AND DBP < 90
- Grade 1 – SBP 140-159 OR DBP 90-99
- Grade 2 – SBP 160-179 OR DBP 100-109
- Grade 3 – SBP >= 180 OR DBP >= 110
In case of ties, assume the higher grade.
Use these references:
- B4 or [@DBP] for DBP
- C4 or [@SBP] for SBP
You have 3 minutes to write the formula
What’s a BP categorization problem with out some pressure. So time yourself when writing this formula. Try to complete it in 3 minutes and post your answers in the comments section.
Your time starts now….
Want more challenges…
Aah, you are the kind that strive under pressure. Here are a few more challenges to keep you busy.
- Sumerian voter problem – If formula challenge
- How many Mondays between two dates?
- Sum of Top 10 values
- Can you calculate sales commission?
- More home work problems
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2 Responses to “Weighted Sorting in Excel ”
Just add a column calculating the "performance" or whatever is your criteria and sort by it? No?
have no patience to waste 13min. Save your time too.
Just thought I would mention, the "weird" custom sort behavior mentioned at 5:45 where "% return" doesn't appear to be sorting is because the "August Purchases" field has the sort preference and since these are such unique values, no additional sorting is possible on the "% return" field. If there were two entries that had the same "Customer Since" year AND the same "August Purchases" amount, THEN you would see a sorting of the "% return" on these two entries.