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Rounding numbers

Hi,

Can you tell me if it is possible to round numbers on excel to the next 50p? I realise that this is not the conventional way to round numbers. If, for example, a number is 34.02 I need it to round up to 34.50. Also, if a number appears as 56.73 I need it to round up to 57.00. Is this possible and, if so, how do I do it?

Many thanks!

Emma

RE: Rounding numbers

Well Emma, that is a good one.

Try this:


=CEILING(A1,0.5)

Where A1 is the cell you want to round.
You could also nest another function where A1 is:

IE:

=CEILING(SUM(A1+A2),0.5)

OR

=CEILING(A1*0.12,0.5)

 

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If you have a cell in your Excel spreadsheet that contains a lot of text and you want to divide it into separate columns, this can only be done if there is a logical character which separates the text, for example, a comma.

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Click Next again and then choose the format for each of the columns. Select the column heading in the Data preview and then select a data type from the Column data format options.

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