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ROUNDUP()

Math & Trig

Rounds a number away from zero, regardless of the digit that follows.

ROUNDUP(number, num_digits)

ROUNDUP always rounds up in magnitude — 12.341 rounds up to 12.35 at 2 digits, the same as 12.349 would. This differs from ROUND, which would round 12.341 down to 12.34.

Common for scenarios where under-counting is a problem, like calculating how many boxes are needed to ship a quantity of items.

Arguments

number
The number to round.
num_digits
How many digits to round to. Negative rounds to the left of the decimal point.

Examples

=ROUNDUP(12.341, 2)
12.35

Rounds up even though the next digit is small.

=ROUNDUP(22/5, 0)
5

22/5 is 4.4 items — ROUNDUP ensures you order enough for all of them.

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