This post will guide you how to use Excel CEILING.PRECISE function with syntax and examples in Microsoft excel.

Description

The Excel CEILING.PRECISE function returns a given number rounded up to the nearest multiple of a given number of significance or returns a number that is rounded up to the nearest integer number.

The CEILING.PRECISE function is a build-in function in Microsoft Excel and it is categorized as a Math and Trigonometry Function.

The CEILING.PRECISE function is available in Excel 2016, Excel 2013, Excel 2010, Excel 2007, Excel 2003, Excel XP, Excel 2000, Excel 2011 for Mac.

Syntax

The syntax of the CEILING.PRECISE function is as below:

=CEILING.PRECISE (number, [significance])

Where the CEILING.PRECISE function arguments are:

• number – This is a required argument. The number that you want to round up.
• significance – This is an optional argument. The multiple of significance to which you want to round a number to. If the significance argument is omitted, the default value will be set to 1.

 Note:

• If either number or significance arguments are non-numeric, the CEILING.PRECISE function will return the #VALUE! Error.
• Regardless of the sign of the number, the number is rounded up.
• If the number or the significance argument is zero, the CEILING.PRECISE function will return zero.

Excel CEILING.PRECISE Function Examples

The below examples will show you how to use Excel CEILING.PRECISE Function to round a number up to nearest multiple.

1# to round 4.6 up to nearest multiple of 3, enter the following formula in Cell B1.

= CEILING.PRECISE(4.6,3)

2# to round -4.6 up to nearest multiple of 1, enter the following formula in Cell B2.

= CEILING.PRECISE(-4.6)

3# to round -4.6 up to nearest multiple of 2, enter the following formula in Cell B3.

= CEILING.PRECISE(-4.6,2)

 

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