FLOOR.PRECISE

Excel Functions

Round number down to nearest multiple

Syntax

EXCEL

=FLOOR.PRECISE(number, [significance])

Arguments

Parameter	Description
`number`	The number that should be rounded.
`significance`	[optional] Multiple to use when rounding. Default is 1.

Return Value

A rounded number

Details

The Excel FLOOR.PRECISE function rounds a number down to a given multiple, where multiple is provided as the significance argument. If the number is already an exact multiple, no rounding occurs and the original number is returned. The FLOOR.PRECISE function takes two arguments, number and significance. The number argument is the numeric value to round down, and is the only required argument. With no other input, CEILING.PRECISE will round number up to the next integer. The significance argument is the multiple to which number should be rounded. In most cases, significance is provided as a numeric value, but FLOOR.PRECISE can also understand time entered as text like "0:15". The default value of significance is 1. By default, FLOOR.PRECISE rounds down to the next integer, with a significan

Examples

By default, FLOOR.PRECISE rounds down to the next integer, with a significance of 1.

EXCEL

=FLOOR.PRECISE(3.75) // returns 3
=FLOOR.PRECISE(8.9) // returns 8

Examples

To round to a different multiple, provide a value for significance :

EXCEL

=FLOOR.PRECISE(5.75,3) // returns 3
=FLOOR.PRECISE(5.75,2) // returns 4
=FLOOR.PRECISE(5.75,0.5) // returns 5.5

Rounding negative numbers

The FLOOR.PRECISE function always rounds negative numbers down away from zero, and ignores the sign of significance.

EXCEL

=FLOOR.PRECISE(-4.1) // returns -5
=FLOOR.PRECISE(-4.1,1) // returns -5
=FLOOR.PRECISE(-4.1,-1) // returns -5

FLOOR.PRECISE

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