Round function (rounding) in Excel

When calculating and processing data with Excel, there will be a lot of calculated figures that are not rounded as you expect such as calculating the average score .

You want to use the rounding function to round up data in Excel to suit your needs. You may know the Round function is a rounding function, but you do not understand the syntax and usage of the Round function.

The following article guides you the Round function syntax and specific examples to help you understand and visualize more.

Description

The Round function in Excel is used to round a number to a specified number of digits. You can specify the number of digits to round.

There are also functions like:

ROUNDUP: always rounding up.

ROUNDDOWN: always rounding down.

MROUND: round a number to a specific multiple.

Syntax

= ROUND (number, num_digits)

Inside:

number: is the number you want to round.

num_digits: is the number of digits you want to round.

Note:

- If num_digits> 0, the number is rounded to the specified number of decimal places. For example: ROUND (23,23434,2) = 23.23

- If num_digits = 0, the number is rounded to the nearest integer. For example: ROUND (23,23434,0) = 23

- If num_digits <0, the number is rounded to the left of the decimal point. For example: ROUND (23,23434, -1) = 20

Example: Given the following table, you round up to 2 decimal places.

Round function (rounding) in Excel Picture 1

Use the Round function : = ROUND (E5,2).

The following results:

Round function (rounding) in Excel Picture 2

The syntax and usage of the Round function is very simple but the function will help you a lot. Good luck!