CEILING

Definition of CEILING

Rounds a number up to the nearest integer multiple of specified significance.

Sample Usage

CEILING(23.25,0.1)

CEILING(A2,1)

Syntax

CEILING(value, [factor])

• value - The value to round up to the nearest integer multiple of factor.

• factor - [OPTIONAL - 1 by default] - The number to whose multiples value will be rounded.

  • factor may not be equal to 0.

Notes

• value and factor must have the same sign; that is, they must both be positive or both negative.

• CEILING is most often used with factor set to a 'round' number such as 0.1 or 0.01 in order to round to a particular decimal place. However, factor can, in fact, be any number of the same sign as value, e.g. CEILING(23.25,0.18) which results in 23.4, which is 0.18 * 130. This can be used, for instance, to round up to a particular denomination of currency (e.g. 0.25 or 0.05 USD).

See Also

FLOOR: Rounds a number down to the nearest integer multiple of specified significance.

TRUNC: Truncates a number to a certain number of significant digits by omitting less significant digits.

ROUNDUP: Rounds a number to a certain number of decimal places, always rounding up to the next valid increment.

ROUNDDOWN: Rounds a number to a certain number of decimal places, always rounding down to the next valid increment.

ROUND: Rounds a number to a certain number of decimal places according to standard rules.

MROUND: Rounds one number to the nearest integer multiple of another.

INT: Rounds a number down to the nearest integer that is less than or equal to it.

To use the CEILING Formula, simply begin with your edited Excellentable:

Then begin typing the CEILING formula in the area you would like to display the outcome: 

By adding the values you would like to calculate, Excellentable generates the outcome:

	A	B	C
1	State	Population	Total area in mi2	Land area in mi2	Water area in mi2
2	Alabama	4833722	52,420 (135,767)
3	Alaska	735132	665,384 (1,723,337)
4	Arizona	6626624	113,990 (295,233)
5	Arkansas	2959373	53,179 (137,733)
6	California	38332521	163,695 (423,968)
7	Colorado	5268367	104,094 (269,602)
8	Connecticut	3596080	5,543 (14,356)
9	Delaware	925749	2,489 (6,446)
10	Florida	19552860	65,758 (170,312)
11	Georgia	9992167	59,425 (153,910)
12	Hawaii	1404054	10,932 (28,314)
13	Idaho	1612136	83,569 (216,443)
14
15

	D	E	F
1

House seat(s)

50,645 (131,170)

1,775 (4,597)

7

570,641 (1,477,950)

94,743 (245,383)

1

113,594 (294,207)

396 (1,026)

9

52,035 (134,770)

1,143 (2,960)

4.42

155,779 (403,466)

7,916 (20,502)

53

103,642 (268,432)

452 (1,171)

7

4,842 (12,541)

701 (1,816)

5

1,949 (5,048)

540 (1,399)

1

53,625 (138,888)

12,133 (31,424)

27

57,513 (148,958)

1,912 (4,950)

14

6,423 (16,635)

4,509 (11,678)

2

82,643 (214,044)

926 (2,398)

2

CEILING(of 4.42 to the nearest multiple of 0.05):