CEILING Function

The CEILING function is one of the math and trigonometry functions. It is used to round the number up to the nearest multiple of significance.

Syntax

CEILING(number, significance)

The CEILING function has the following arguments:

Argument Description
number The number you wish to round up.
significance The multiple of significance you wish to round up to.

Notes

If the values of number and significance have different signs, the function returns the #NUM! error.

How to apply the CEILING function.

Examples

The figure below displays the result returned by the CEILING function.

CEILING Function