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FLOOR.MATH

Category: MS Excel compatibility function · Native since: Excel 2013

Rounds a number down to the nearest integer or multiple of significance.

Syntax

=FLOOR.MATH(number, [significance], [mode])

Arguments

Argument Required Description
number Required the number to round
significance Optional multiple to round to (optional, default 1)
mode Optional if nonzero, rounds negatives toward zero (optional)

Returns

Returns the number rounded down to a multiple of significance (scalar). A non-numeric number returns a #VALUE! error; a significance of 0 returns 0.

Examples

Formula Result Description
=FLOOR.MATH(6.7) 6 Round down to default multiple 1
=FLOOR.MATH(-5.5,2) -6 Negatives round away from zero
=FLOOR.MATH(-5.5,2,1) -4 Nonzero mode: toward zero

Notes

  • The sign of significance is ignored (absolute value used).
  • All arguments accept arrays and are computed element-wise, spilling an array of the same shape — scalars are broadcast, a column vector × a row vector expands to their outer product, size-mismatched elements yield #N/A, and an error element returns that error.
  • Related function: CEILING.MATH
  • Supported: Excel 2010+. Registered as FLOOR.MATH (drop-in) on hosts without the native function, and as EG.FLOOR.MATH on modern Excel that has it.