MOD is a mathematical function in Excel that calculates the remainder after a division. For example, if you enter the number 5 into a cell and then type the formula =MOD(A1, 5), the result will be 1 because 5 divided by 5 leaves a remainder of 1.
The MOD function in Excel returns the modulus (remainder) of a division operation. The syntax for the MOD function is:
MOD(number, divisor)
where:
number is the number to be divided
divisor is the number by which to divide number
The MOD function in Excel returns the modulus (remainder) of a division operation. For example, the following formula returns the value 2:
MOD(5, 2)
The following formula returns the value 1:
MOD(15, 3)
There are many ways to use MOD in Excel. An example would be to find the remainder after dividing a number by another number. In Excel, the MOD function is represented by the symbol ˜. To use the MOD function, enter the following into a cell: ˜(number, divisor). For example, if you want to find the remainder after dividing the number 9 by 2, you would enter: ˜(9, 2). This would return the value 1, because 9 divided by 2 leaves a remainder of 1.
There are a few instances when you should not use MOD in Excel. One is when you are working with dates. The MOD function returns the remainder after dividing the first number by the second number, and this can result in some unexpected outcomes when working with dates. For example, if you divide 1 by 30, the result is 0.03333, which is rounded up to 0.333. If you then use the MOD function on this value, it will return the value 26, which is not the result you would expect. Another time when you should not use the MOD function is when you are working with text values.
The MOD function in Excel calculates the remainder after dividing a number by a specified divisor. The following are some similar formulae to MOD in Excel:
- ROUNDDOWN(number, divisor) - This function rounds a number down to the nearest integer, given a divisor.
- ROUND(number, divisor) - This function rounds a number up to the nearest integer, given a divisor.
- INT(number) - This function truncates a number to the nearest integer.
- FLOOR(number) - This function rounds a number down to the nearest integer below.
- CEILING(number) - This function rounds a number up to the nearest integer above.