Compute figures such as balances, totals, or commissions.
AI finds trends and writes the spreadsheet formulas.
📊 Real AI use (Anthropic Economic Index, Apr 2026 to May 2026): AI completed the task directly in 59% of those conversations; the rest were back-and-forth with the person.
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Paste a spreadsheet or table and ask AI to find trends, outliers and totals, or to write the formula you need. It's like having an analyst on call.
Ready-to-use prompt
I work as a first-line supervisor of office and administrative support workers. Part of my job is to compute figures such as balances, totals, or commissions. Context: We use Tableau and IBM SPSS Statistics; the work draws on administration and management, administrative and economics and accounting. Calculation: [payroll, balances, commissions] Data: [paste] Calculate step by step and give spreadsheet formulas. Show your working step by step and give spreadsheet formulas so I can reproduce the numbers.
10-minute exercise: Financial calculations
AI makes arithmetic mistakes. Recompute anything that matters with a spreadsheet formula.
Importance 4.0/5 · core task · O*NET work activity: Calculate financial data..