IF() formulas for monthly or bi-weekly periods
Now that we know how to calculate dates for bi-weekly and monthly interest periods, it's time to use that to calculate dates in 2 separate ways.
For monthly calculations, you will use the EOMONTH()
function to calculate the last day of the month for several periods in advance.
For bi-weekly calculations, you multiply the number of periods by 14 then add back to the start date.
In this exercise, the IF()
function is already filled in column F
- you only need to fill in the period type, the number of periods and the EOMONTH()
or days added.
When you are done, the end date in column F
should equal the expected date in column G
.
There are no cases in this exercise where a bi-weekly payment will be on the last day of the month.
This exercise is part of the course
Loan Amortization in Google Sheets
Exercise instructions
- Fill in the correct periods (Bi-Weekly or Monthly) in column
B
. - For rows
10:14
, you will also need to fill in the correctEOMONTH()
formula and days offset formula in columnsD:E
.
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