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How to use ROUND (and ROUNDUP, ROUNDDOWN)

✓ Verified in LibreOffice 25.8.7.3

Round a number to a set number of decimal places — cents, whole numbers, nearest hundred.

The formula

AppFormulaNotes
Excel=ROUND(A2,2)ROUND(number, digits). ROUNDUP/ROUNDDOWN force the direction; negative digits round left of the decimal.
Google Sheets=ROUND(A2,2)Identical.
LibreOffice Calc=ROUND(A2,2)Identical.

How it works

ROUND takes a number and how many decimal places to keep: ROUND(3.14159,2) = 3.14. The digits argument is the key — 2 for cents, 0 for whole numbers, and NEGATIVE values round to the left of the decimal (ROUND(1234,-2) = 1200, to the nearest hundred). ROUNDUP and ROUNDDOWN take the same arguments but always force the direction regardless of the digit (ROUNDUP(3.14159,2) = 3.15). Crucially, ROUND changes the actual value, unlike formatting a cell to show 2 decimals — which only hides digits and can make totals look off by a cent. Round in the formula whenever downstream math must match what's displayed.

Verified, not just documented

We ran =ROUND(A2,2) in LibreOffice 25.8.7.3 (headless, with forced recalculation) and it returned 3.14 — exactly the expected result. Every formula here is confirmed by actually executing it.