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CEILING.PRECISE function in Google Sheets

Rounds a number up to the nearest integer multiple of specified significance. If the number is positive or negative, it is rounded up.

=CEILING.PRECISE(number, [significance])

CEILING.PRECISE syntax and parameters

Two arguments, one required.

  • numbernumberRequired
  • significancenumberOptional

CEILING.PRECISE examples

Formulas you'll actually reuse.

  1. Up to the next half — like CEILING.MATH, but the sign of the significance is ignored:

    =CEILING.PRECISE(B2, 0.5)

    Result8

  2. Negatives always round toward positive infinity: −23 becomes −20:

    =CEILING.PRECISE(-B2, 10)

    Result-20

CEILING.PRECISE in Excel

Same name — your formula ports as-is.

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