Excel CEILING.PRECISE function

Description

The CEILING.PRECISE function returns a number that is rounded up to the nearest integer or to the nearest multiple of specified significance. Differing with CEILING and CEILING.MATH functions, the CEILING.PRECISE function ignores the sign of the given number, and returns a number which is always rounded up.

Syntax and arguments

Formula syntax

Arguments

Return Value

The CEILING.PRECISE function rounds number up to nearest integer or nearest multiple.

Notes:

1. The result of number is always rounded up whatever the given number is positive or negative.

2. If the significance or number is zero, zero will be returned.

3. Positive number is rounded away from zero, but negative number is rounded toward zero.

4. The sign of the [significance] argument is ignored, the results are same for both positive and negative [significance] argument. I.e. =CEILING.PRECISE(2,3) returns 3, and =CEILING.PRECISE(2,-3) also returns 3.

5. If the (number) argument is negative, and the [significance] argument is smaller than the (number) argument, it returns 0. I.e.=CEILING.PRECISE(-3,-4) returns 0, but =CEILING.PRECISE(-3,-2) returns -2.

Usage and Examples

Example 1 – Work for positive number

Example 2 – Work for negative number

Download Sample File

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Relative Functions:

• Excel CEILING Function
  The CEILING function returns a number rounded up to a nearest multiple of significance. For example, =CEILING(10.12,0.2) returns 10.2, it round 10.12 to nearest multiple of 0.2.

• Excel CEILING.MATH Function
  The CEILING.MATH function returns a number rounded up to a nearest multiple of significance, and the Mode argument decide round the negative number far away or toward to zero. For example, =CEILING.MATH(10.12,0.2) returns 10.2, =CEILING.MATH(-10.12,0.2,0) returns -10, but the =CEILING.MATH(-10.12,0.2,1) returns -10.2.

Relative Articles:

• Round number to nearest 5,10, 50 or 100 number in Excel
  This article provides some simple formulas to round numbers to nearest specific number, and also introduce the formulas to round numbers to next or last nearest one.

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