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Excel Formulas to Round a Number to Down with ROUNDDOWN Function

When performing financial analysis in Excel it’s often useful to round down a number to either a decimal place or a whole number. The Excel ROUNDDOWN function helps to complete this task easily, even for a large dataset. In this article, we will show you how to round a number down in Excel. Let’s get into this article!! Get an official version of ** MS Excel** from the following link: https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/microsoft-365/excel

Round a Number Down
Round a Number Down

General Formula:

  • Use the below formula for numbers to round down, regardless of its value.

=ROUNDDOWN(number,digits)

Syntax Explanations:

  • ROUND – In Excel, the ROUNDDOWN function will help to round a number down to the specified number of digits towards zero.
  • Number – It represents the input values from your worksheet.
  • Digits – This is the value that specifies how many digits to be rounded.
  • Comma symbol (,) – It is a separator that helps to separate a list of values.
  • Parenthesis () – The main purpose of this symbol is to group the elements.

Practical Example:

Let’s consider the below example image.

  • First, we will enter the input values in Column B.
  • Here, we need to round down the numbers based on the digits which are given in Column C.

Input Ranges
Input Ranges

  • So, apply the above-given formula to the formula bar section and press the ENTER key.

Enter the formula
Enter the formula

  • Finally, we will get the result in the selected cell.

Result
Result

Verdict:

From this chapter, we have described the simple formula to round a number down in Excel. If you have any questions, feel free to comment. Thank you so much for visiting our site. Click here to know more about *Geek Excel **and Excel Formulas *!! **

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