rounding up to nearest specified whole number

J

Jim

Is there any formula in Microsoft Excel 2003 that will round a cell UP to a
nearest specified whole number?
I'm trying to get a cell to round up to the nearest 5. MROUND will round to
the NEAREST 5 so if the starting number is a 7, it rounds DOWN with the
result being 5. I want to always round UP so the result would be 10.
Threre is a round up formula but it seems to only apply to decimals, not
whole numbers.
Maybe it simply can't be done?
 
R

Ron Rosenfeld

Is there any formula in Microsoft Excel 2003 that will round a cell UP to a
nearest specified whole number?
I'm trying to get a cell to round up to the nearest 5. MROUND will round to
the NEAREST 5 so if the starting number is a 7, it rounds DOWN with the
result being 5. I want to always round UP so the result would be 10.
Threre is a round up formula but it seems to only apply to decimals, not
whole numbers.
Maybe it simply can't be done?
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=ceiling(a1,5)
=roundup(a1/5,0)*5

And you need to decide what you mean if you want to apply these techniques to
negative numbers.
--ron
 

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