Using CEILING and IF function in the same cell

[Imperialdamper]

Good Morning,
I'm currently using the CEILING function to round up to the nearest .5. My spreadsheet is based on square footage, what I need is a formula using the same rounding function but anything less than or equal to 4 is 4. Maybe the IF function isn't what I need?

For example

(We use Width by Height)

If I have a 35 x 35 it'll equal 8.51 Square feet and it'll round up to 9. My equation right now is =CEILING(F4,0.5) the 8.51 being the F4 CELL.
If I have a 12 x 12 it'll equal 1 square foot, but I need this to equal 4.

4 is our minimum square footage, anything less than or equal to 4, should be 4.


Thank you ahead of time and any help is appreciated!

[Pete_UK]

Use the MAX function, like this:

=MAX(4,CEILING(F4,0.5))

Hope this helps.

Pete

[Imperialdamper]

You sir, are a legend!

thank you!!!!

[Imperialdamper]

I didn't think this through entirely.

The formula works perfectly, but if there is no square footage added can we maintain a 0. So if I have a price multiplied by my square footage and no information was given, can we have the cell equal 0 unless information was entered?

[Pete_UK]

Use this instead:

=IF(F4=0,0,MAX(4,CEILING(F4,0.5)))

Hope this helps.

Pete

[Bassehave]

Try this bud

=IF(F4="",0,MAX(4,CEILING(F4,0.5)))

[Imperialdamper]

Thank you very much, both of you. This is exactly what I needed.

Hopefully one day I can stump you all with my intense excel formulas

Have a great day!

[Pete_UK]

Glad to help.

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Pete