Value form a SUM formula doesn't equal the manual calculation

sam813

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I have multiple cells in column A that contain formulas calculating values in another sheet. These cells in column A need to be summed together. I have a ROUND formula to two decimal places for each cell in column A. I expanded the decimals and verified that the values have zeros after two decimals.

When I SUM these, I get a value. If I manually add these together on a calculator, I get a value that's off from the SUM value by around twenty cents.

Any idea what's causing this?

Thanks!
 

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It's basically the SUM of column A. Each cell in column A has a ROUND function to round to two places. These cells are calculating formulas being pulled from a different sheet.
 
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How many cells are you talking about in column-A, 10, 100, 10,000?

Have you checked that all of them have the round function or did you spot check?

Can you post a sample of the formulas in the cells in column-a as well as the specific formula for the sum. It is hard to help when you talk in generalities, it is always good to see the specifics.
 
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There are no hidden or filtered cells? Your manual calculation is perfect? Copy and paste as values in a separate area (with and without rounding for completeness) and sum that also.
 
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Issue is resolved. There was a cell in column A that had its decimals hidden for some strange reason. After expanding them out, the manual calculation and SUM now match.
 
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