Convert decimal to 1/16ths

[Johndrew]

I am doing a drawing and when I divide the measurement say 10/ 3, I get a decimal of 3.33.
I need to convert that to the nearest 1/16 of an inch. I would like to round up or down to the nearest 1/16.

[vlady]

Doesn't the formatting "fraction 1/16th" work ?

[Cerbera]

vlady is correct you can use fraction formatting to achieve this. You can play with formatting such as: # ??/16"s" to add a plural "s" at the end.

Or if you want to use a formula (not sure why you would) but say the values are in A1 and A2 you could use:

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With 10 in A1 and 3 in A2 the result of the formula would be "3" 5/16s"

[shg]

=mround(yourFormula, 1/16) and format as # ?/??

[Johndrew]

=MRound worked ....Thanks

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[mouthpear]

Nice! Thank you.