ROUNDDOWN

Microsoft Office Excel 2003

See Also

Rounds a number down, toward zero.

Syntax

ROUNDDOWN(number,num_digits)

Number    is any real number that you want rounded down.

Num_digits    is the number of digits to which you want to round number.

Remarks

  • ROUNDDOWN behaves like ROUND, except that it always rounds a number down.
  • If num_digits is greater than 0 (zero), then number is rounded down to the specified number of decimal places.
  • If num_digits is 0, then number is rounded down to the nearest integer.
  • If num_digits is less than 0, then number is rounded down to the left of the decimal point.

Example

The example may be easier to understand if you copy it to a blank worksheet.

Show How?

  1. Create a blank workbook or worksheet.
  2. Select the example in the Help topic. Do not select the row or column headers.

    Selecting an example from Help

    Selecting an example from Help

  3. Press CTRL+C.
  4. In the worksheet, select cell A1, and press CTRL+V.
  5. To switch between viewing the results and viewing the formulas that return the results, press CTRL+` (grave accent), or on the Tools menu, point to Formula Auditing, and then click Formula Auditing Mode.
 
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Formula Description (Result)
=ROUNDDOWN(3.2, 0) Rounds 3.2 down to zero decimal places (3)
=ROUNDDOWN(76.9,0) Rounds 76.9 down to zero decimal places (76)
=ROUNDDOWN(3.14159, 3) Rounds 3.14159 down to three decimal places (3.141)
=ROUNDDOWN(-3.14159, 1) Rounds -3.14159 down to one decimal place (-3.1)
=ROUNDDOWN(31415.92654, -2) Rounds 31415.92654 down to 2 decimal places to the left of the decimal (31400)