Round one cell depending on value of another

[Guest]

Hi all

I'm trying to calculate the number of resource days needed for a variety of
events which are either 0.5, 1 or 2 days long. The event length is in
Column J.

The events are each for 8 people, so I can calculate the approximate number
of events by dividing the audience by 8 and multiplying by the event length.
This is in column M of my spreadsheet.

However, I need to round that up because an event can only be a set length
(0.5, 1 or 2). I want to put that value in column N.

Is there a formula (using MROUND perhaps?) that will calculate the value in
N depending on the value in J and M?

I tried =MROUND(M1, J1) but got #NAME?

Can anyone suggest a fix please?

Thanks
SueJB

 

[Dav]

=ceiling(m1*j1,1)

regards

Dav

 

[Guest]

Thanks Dav, I wasn't aware of the CEILING function

Best wishes
Sue

 

[David Biddulph]

Hi all

I'm trying to calculate the number of resource days needed for a variety
of
events which are either 0.5, 1 or 2 days long. The event length is in
Column J.

The events are each for 8 people, so I can calculate the approximate
number
of events by dividing the audience by 8 and multiplying by the event
length.
This is in column M of my spreadsheet.

However, I need to round that up because an event can only be a set length
(0.5, 1 or 2). I want to put that value in column N.

Is there a formula (using MROUND perhaps?) that will calculate the value
in
N depending on the value in J and M?

I tried =MROUND(M1, J1) but got #NAME?

Can anyone suggest a fix please?

Yes, I would suggest the use of Excel's help on the MROUND function:

"...
If this function is not available, and returns the #NAME? error, install and
load the Analysis ToolPak add-in.

How? ..."