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Asked: 2026-06-02T23:52:02+00:00

How can I round a number in excel such as by formatting it so

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How can I round a number in excel such as by formatting it so that the actual number changes and not just it’s appearance in the cell.

For example, if I have 229.729599999998 in a cell and I format the cell to only show 4 decimal places it would now show 229.7296 in the cell but the value of the cell would still be 229.729599999998 so if I were to do any calculations excel would use the longer decimal number as oppose to the 4 decimal number.

Is there way I can make it so that not just the appearance of the number in the cell shows 4 decimal places but so that the actual value of the cell will reflect the 4 decimal number so that the cell and the value in the formula bar will show 229.7296 and not 229.729599999998.

I know I can probably use a function or formula in an adjacent cell to round the number but I just put together a huge spread sheet and it would take a really long time if I had to do the same thing for all the cells in my spread sheet. Any ideas?

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  1. Editorial Team

    The 2 ways I can think of would be:

    • if it is a one off: create a new tab where each cell is calculated based on the original sheet, for example in cell A1: =ROUND(OriginalTab!A1,4) etc. Then copy paste special values back to the original sheet.
    • to run a vba macro that would round each cell on your sheet to 4 decimal places.
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