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Asked: 2026-06-14T16:42:29+00:00

I am using excel to make a spreadsheet with a lot of calculations and

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I am using excel to make a spreadsheet with a lot of calculations and a lot of them are off because of one minor issue. If I have cell A1 with a calculation such as =5.75*1.02, it will display just fine as 5.87. My problem is that I then have another cell referring to it as =A1*1050000 but it returns 6,158,250 which is 5.865*1050000 rather than returning the result of 5.87*1050000. Is there a setting that will make it so that it calculates based on the displayed decimal places rather than the other number?

I hope this makes sense.

I am using Excel:Mac 2011.

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  1. Editorial Team

    I’ll look into whether there is a setting to use displayed text instead of actual values. I doubt there is one though. Here’s a reference that talks about Cell Values and Displayed Text.

    However, if you want to only use to the 2nd decimal digit, just round A1 when you want to use it. (Or Round A1 in it’s cell)

    I.E.

    =ROUND(A1,2)*1050000

    Or A1’s formula = =ROUND(5.75*1.02,2)

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