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Excel Rounding Rules

Control decimal precision intentionally for prices, quantities and KPIs.

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What this solves

Round unit costs to two decimals before presentation. This pattern is useful when the business question is clear but a generic tutorial is too abstract.

The rule

=ROUND(number,num_digits)

=ROUND(C2,2)
Google Sheets: The core pattern is also usable in Google Sheets; exact function support and locale separators can differ.

Real-work checklist

  1. Define the business key and expected grain before writing the formula, query or markup.
  2. Test the pattern on a small known sample where you can verify the answer manually.
  3. Check missing values, duplicates and data types before trusting a large result.
  4. Scale to the real file or database only after the logic is proven.

Common mistake

Rounding only the display can leave hidden decimals in later calculations.

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