EXCEL CEILING.MATH FUNCTION

The Excel Capacity. The math function rounds a given integer up to a certain multiple of importance.

Positive numbers are often rounded away from zero, whereas negative numbers are rounded towards zero. However, with negative integers, the user can reverse the way of rounding.

Syntax:

=CEILING.MATH( number[significance][mode] )

Parameter:

  • The following are the arguments:

number:

  • The number that should be rounded up

 [significance]:

  • A numeric input that, for negative values only, reverses the direction of rounding.

 [mode]:

  • Negative integers are rounded to zero if [mode] = 0 (or is omitted).
    Negative integers are rounded away from zero if [mode] is any other numeric value.

 

The Excel Ceiling is shown in column B of the following spreadsheet. The math function is used to round the positive and negative integers 15.25 and -15.25 to various significance levels.

  • #VALUE! – This error occurs if any of the given parameters are not numeric.

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