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how to use roundup in excel

by Prof. Adrien Ward PhD Published 3 years ago Updated 3 years ago

This article describes the formula syntax and usage of the ROUNDUP function in Microsoft Excel.
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Example.
FormulaDescription (Result)Result
=ROUNDUP(-3.14159, 1)Rounds -3.14159 up to one decimal place.-3.2
=ROUNDUP(31415.92654, -2)Rounds 31415.92654 up to 2 decimal places to the left of the decimal point.31500
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How to apply Roundup formula in Excel?

How to Combine the ROUND and SUM Functions in Excel

  • General Rules For Combining Functions in Excel. When evaluating nested functions, Excel always executes the deepest or innermost function first and then works its way outward.
  • Combine the ROUND and SUM Functions. ...
  • Use an Excel Array / CSE Formula. ...
  • Use Excel's ROUNDUP and ROUNDDOWN Functions. ...

What is the formula for rounding up in Excel?

Usage Notes

  • The ROUND formula in Excel works by rounding the numbers 1-4 down and rounding the numbers 5-9 up.
  • You can use the ROUND function in excel for rounding numbers to a specified level of precision. ...
  • If num_digits is greater than 0, the number will be rounded to the specified decimal places to the right of the decimal point. ...

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How do you make a cell round up in Excel?

Method 3 Method 3 of 3: Using Cell Formatting

  1. Enter your data series into your Excel spreadsheet.
  2. Highlight any cell (s) you want rounded. To highlight multiple cells, click the top left-most cell of the data, then drag your cursor down and to the right until ...
  3. Right-click any highlighted cell. ...
  4. Click Number Format or Format Cells. ...
  5. Click the Number tab. ...
  6. Click Number from the category list. ...

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How to use the Round Up calculation in Excel?

To generate the overlapping series, do the following:

  • Click any of the bars in the actual series (the blue bars) to select the entire series.
  • Right-click the section and choose Format Data Series from the resulting submenu, which will open the Format Data Series pane (to the right).
  • Change the Plot Series On option to Secondary Axis, as shown in Figure B. ...

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What is roundup in Excel?

The Excel ROUNDUP function returns a number rounded up to a given number of decimal places. Unlike standard rounding, where numbers less than 5 are rounded down, ROUNDUP rounds all numbers up.

How to round down in Excel?

To round normally, use the ROUND function. To round to the nearest multiple, use the MROUND function. To round down to the nearest specified place, use the ROUNDDOWN function. To round down to the nearest specified multiple, use the FLOOR function.

How to round up a decimal to the right?

To round up values to the right of the decimal point, use a positive number for digits: = ROUNDUP( A1,1) // Round up to 1 decimal place = ROUNDUP( A1,2) // Round up to 2 decimal places = ROUNDUP( A1,3) // Round up to 3 decimal places = ROUNDUP( A1,4) // Round up to 4 decimal places.

How to round down to the nearest specified multiple?

To round down to the nearest specified multiple, use the FLOOR function. To round up to the nearest specified place, use the ROUNDUP function. To round up to the nearest specified multiple, use the CEILING function . To round down and return an integer only, use the INT function.

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How the Excel ROUNDUP function works

The Excel roundup formula asks you to reference a specific number and then indicate how many units (decimal places) you want to round it to.

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ROUNDUP Function Examples

In this example, we're going to reduce the number in cell A2 (above) to two decimal places using the ROUNDUP function. In the process, the function will increase the value of the rounding digit by one.

What is the ROUNDUP function in Excel?

ROUNDUP is a function in Excel that you can use to round numbers to a specific number of decimal places. Professionals working in finance and people who want to calculate their expenses may use ROUNDUP to make calculations based on data they have.

Rules for calculating ROUNDUP in Excel

The ROUNDUP function has several rules that you can follow to help make sure it calculates numbers how you want. Here is how to write this function:

How to calculate ROUNDUP in Excel

Here are steps you can use to calculate the ROUNDUP of a constant number or range of cells:

How to Use the ROUNDUP Function in Excel?

The ROUNDUP function works similar to the ROUND function ROUND Function ROUND is a built-in Excel function that calculates the round number of a given number using the number of digits as an argument. The number to be rounded up to and the number of digits to be rounded up to are the two arguments to this formula.

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This has been a guide to the ROUNDUP function of Excel. We have gone through the ROUNDUP formula in Excel, the usage, and the examples. The Excel templates can be downloaded from the site. You may also look at these useful functions in Excel –

What is round function?

The round function is basically used to round off the decimal values used for both roundings off the decimal numbers ir respective of the number of digits they have after the decimal and for choosing till what limit we want to see the numbers after the decimal.

How to round a number to the nearest integer?

If num_digits = 0, then a number is rounded to the nearest integer. To always round up away from Zero, use the ROUNDUP Function. To always round down towards Zero, use ROUNDDOWN Function. To round a number to a specific multiple of a digit, use the MROUND Function.

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