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When creating a financial proforma I calculate monthly revenues that need to
be rounded to nearest $100. How can I combine the formula and [round]
function in the same cell.
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=ROUND(your formula,-2)

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When creating a financial proforma I calculate monthly revenues that need to
be rounded to nearest $100. How can I combine the formula and [round]
function in the same cell.

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Suppose the formula is =PV(bla, bla, ......)
Warp it in a ROUND function
=ROUND(PV(bla, bla, ......), -2)
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could this type of thing be used to avoid rounding errors?
in some spreadsheets that my boss uses every month, the calculations
produce numbers with long decimals, i.e.,
268.30293302
i have it formatted to two decimal places, which shows 268.30;
however, over time rounding errors occur because those extra decimals
add up & eventually add a .01 to the total.
would using =round fix that???
thanks!
susan


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Simple test - put this formula in A1

=4/3

and this in B1

=ROUND(A1,2)

you should get 1.3333 etc in A1 (depending on the formatting of the
cell) and 1.33 in B1. Copy these down into A2:B3, and then in A4 add
this formula;

=SUM(A1:A3)

and copy this to B4. Do you see any difference?

Pete

On Apr 5, 4:38 pm, "Susan" wrote:
could this type of thing be used to avoid rounding errors?
in some spreadsheets that my boss uses every month, the calculations
produce numbers with long decimals, i.e.,
268.30293302
i have it formatted to two decimal places, which shows 268.30;
however, over time rounding errors occur because those extra decimals
add up & eventually add a .01 to the total.
would using =round fix that???
thanks!
susan

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=ROUND(your_formula,-2)
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ooooooooooh.
aaaaaaaaaah.
<applause
thank you!
:)
(i'd never used that formula before, so i didn't even know how to test
it.)
susan



On Apr 5, 12:58 pm, "Pete_UK" wrote:
Simple test - put this formula in A1

=4/3

and this in B1

=ROUND(A1,2)

you should get 1.3333 etc in A1 (depending on the formatting of the
cell) and 1.33 in B1. Copy these down into A2:B3, and then in A4 add
this formula;

=SUM(A1:A3)

and copy this to B4. Do you see any difference?

Pete

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could this type of thing be used to avoid rounding errors?
in some spreadsheets that my boss uses every month, the calculations
produce numbers with long decimals, i.e.,
268.30293302
i have it formatted to two decimal places, which shows 268.30;
however, over time rounding errors occur because those extra decimals
add up & eventually add a .01 to the total.
would using =round fix that???
thanks!
susan


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=ROUND(your_formula,-2)
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