Round a Number (up or down) to the Nearest 5 in JS

Round a Number to the Nearest 5 #

To round a number to the nearest 5, call the Math.round() function, passing it the number divided by 5 and multiply the result by 5. The Math.round function takes a number, rounds it to the nearest integer and returns the result.

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function roundNearest5(num) {
  return Math.round(num / 5) * 5;
}

console.log(roundNearest5(12)); // 👉️ 10
console.log(roundNearest5(13)); // 👉️ 15
console.log(roundNearest5(-13)); // 👉️ -15
console.log(roundNearest5(-12)); // 👉️ -10
console.log(roundNearest5(32.4)); // 👉️ 30
console.log(roundNearest5(32.5)); // 👉️ 35

We used the Math.round function to round a number to the nearest integer.

Here are some examples of using the Math.round function.

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console.log(Math.round(4.49)); // 👉️ 4
console.log(Math.round(4.5)); // 👉️ 5
console.log(Math.round(40)); // 👉️ 40
console.log(Math.round(-44.5)); // 👉️ -44
console.log(Math.round(-44.51)); // 👉️ -45

console.log(Math.round(null)); // 👉️ 0

When the Math.round function is invoked with a null value, it returns 0.

This is how we solved it in a step-by-step manner.

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console.log(12 / 5); // 👉️ 2.4
console.log(13 / 5); // 👉️ 2.6

console.log(Math.round(12 / 5)); // 👉️ 2
console.log(Math.round(13 / 5)); // 👉️ 3

console.log(Math.round(12 / 5) * 5); // 👉️ 10
console.log(Math.round(13 / 5) * 5); // 👉️ 15

This is a two step process:

Divide the number by 5 and round the result to the nearest integer.
Multiply the result by 5 to get the number rounded to the nearest 5.

The Math.round function handles all the heavy lifting for us.

Round a Number (up or down) to the Nearest 5 in JS

Round a Number to the Nearest 5 #

Further Reading #

Borislav Hadzhiev