WAEC Data Processing 2025 Paper

Concept:Excel version 8 worksheet limits have two parts: a row maximum and a column maximum.Students often confuse the $65{,}536$ row limit with the column limit.Explanation:Excel versions $8.0$ through $11.0$ support $2^{16} = 65{,}536$ rows and $256$ columns per worksheet.The options given are $65{,}535$, $65{,}534$, $65{,}536$, and $65{,}533$.These numbers are all near $65{,}536$, which is the maximum number of rows, not the column count.The true column count for Excel version 8 is $256$.Since $256$ is not listed, the question as written has no matching option.Answer:Excel version 8 has $256$ columns.Therefore, none of the options A to D is correct as stated.