Try...

=MAX(IF(A1:A6<10000,A1:A6))

....confirmed with CONTROL+SHIFT+ENTER.

Hope this helps!

In article ,
"Purfleet" wrote:

I have a list of numbers and i need to either highlight (using conditional
formatting)or display in another cell the nearest number under 10000

i.e

9854
9752
11254
10987
9974 <---------
10025

Help!!!!!