Conventions used in this sheet:

In this sheet input

cell is generally blue
In this sheet output
cell is generally
orange

Formulas can contain relative references like say for e.g., B12 (relative cell
reference), absolute (locked) cell references like $B$12, or even mixed cell
references like $B12 or B$12.Be sure to ask your teacher about their meaning, so
you don't get confused...

Match example for vertically oriented data

Match example for horizontally oriented data
Index Example
Vlookup Example

CAUTION
CAUTION:
vlookup cannot retrieve values to the left of the lookup column, for e.g., in the above example we are looking up for '2' in B73:B78,i.e.,
col
column
umn B and retrieving the answer from column C. we can't retrieve answers from any columns before B like A. Use 'lookup' function
instead.
Hlookup Example

CAUTION
CAUTION:
hlookup cannot retrieve values above the lookup row, for e.g., in the above example we are looking up for '4' in C108:H108,i.e.,
C10 row 108
10
and retrieving the answer from row 109.we
10 .we can't retrieve answers from any rows before 108
10 like 105.Use 'lookup' function instead.
Lookup Example

CAUTION
CAUTION:
lookup apparently overcomes the limitation of vlookup and hlookup in the sense that it can retrieve values from the left of the lookup
column(in case of vlookup) or above the lookup row(in case of hlookup)...but be forewarned that your lookup column/row better be sorted
in ascending order. If the lookup column/row contains mixed content like a number and text (for e.g., A-201),
A then lookup doesn't perform
as expected. In this case we have to use a combination of index
index and match functions together! phew!
phew