Excel CEILING Function Tutorial
Excel CEILING Function Tutorial
The CEILING function is used to round a number upwards to the nearest multiple of a specified
value.
For example, the function can be used to round up the costs of items to the nearest dime ( $
0.10 ) to avoid having to deal with smaller change such as pennies ($ 0.01 ) and nickels ($ 0.05 ).
Significance - the function rounds the Number specified above up to the nearest multiple of this
value.
1. Enter the following data into cells D1 to D3: 34.57, 23.82, 31.16
2. Click on cell E1 in the spreadsheet - this is where the function will be located.
4. Choose Math & Trig from the ribbon to open the function drop down list.
5. Click on CEILING in the list to bring up the function's dialog box.
9. Type in 0.10 - the number in D1 will be rounded up to the nearest multiple of 0.10.
11. The answer 34.60 should appear in cell E1 since 34.60 is the nearest multiple of 0.10
( 0.10 * 6 ) higher than 34.57.
12. Drag the fill handle in the bottom right corner of cell E1 down to cells D2 and D3 to copy the
function to those cells.
13. The cells D2 and D3 should have the answers 23.90 and 31.20 respectively.
14. When you click on cell E1 the complete function = CEILING ( D1 , 0.1 ) appears in the formula bar
above the worksheet.