Problem with Excel rounding numbers

[Carol A]

I have entered the exact same data into two different Excel worksheets and am
getting a different total in each when calculated. The cells are formatted
as Numbers, no decimal with separator. In one place the result is 41,660 and
the other is 41,657. Any ideas, help is appreciated.

 

[Joel]

Maybe you have some hidden rows. Use =countA(A1:A100) on both worksheets and
see if you are adding the same number of items.

 

[Carol A]

Thank you Joel. That was a good idea. That wasn't what was wrong but it
made me look at something else. One group of numbers were being summed and
the other were a different calculation with a different result because of
slight rounding differences.

 

[Dave]

Hi Joel,
If the cells have been formatted after data entry, it could still be text.
In an adjacent column, test each cell with =ISTEXT(A2) (fill down)

 

[David Biddulph]

1 What calculation are you doing, and what are the data values?
2 Does one of the worksheets have "Precision as Displayed" set?

 

[JoeU2004]

One group of numbers were being summed and the other were
a different calculation with a different result because of slight
rounding differences.

So if you still wonder why ("problem with Excel rounding numbers") and would
like an explanation, it would be helpful if you posted at least the two
different formulas, as well as how you have the option "Precision as
displayed" set. It would also be helpful to know the numbers involved.


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