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title: "Rounding rules"
slug: "rounding-rules"
tags: ["admin"]
updated: 2026-05-28T11:27:21Z
published: 2026-05-28T11:27:21Z
canonical: "help.cirrusassessment.com/rounding-rules"
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# Rounding rules

Via ADMINISTRATION > SETTINGS > Global Settings on the General tab you can set the preferred rounding rules for candidate results.

- This is an environment wide (global) setting and will **affect all users on the site**.
- Please note that the changes will only apply to scheduled exams that have not been started yet.
- The option to set rounding rules can be set in Admin > Global settings - Rounding rules

![](https://cdn.document360.io/cdfc20c8-6721-4154-b0a1-9f49f139d107/Images/Documentation/Global%20Settings%20-%20General%20tab.png)

1. **Rounding down** - candidate's percentage scores will be rounded down. Example: both 54,4%, 54,5% and 54,8% will always be rounded to 54%.
2. **Rounding up** - candidate's percentage scores will be rounded up. Example: both 54,4%, 54,5% and 54,8% will always be rounded to 55%
3. **Rounding up/down conditional** - candidate's percentage scores will be rounded up if .5 and above. Examples: 54,4% will be rounded to 54% and 54,5% and 54,8% will be rounded to 55%.
4. **Use two decimals** - the same rules as above apply, but rounding is done on two decimals. So rounding down - use two decimals: 54,485% or 54,4899% will be rounded to 54,48%; Rounding up/down conditional 54,485% will be rounded to 54,49%.

#### **Effect of rounding rules**

Let us look at another example of the effect of rounding up - which is used when you do not want any percentages with a decimal point in them to be rounded down – they always need to be rounded up:

Pass percentage: 50% Candidate gets 49.5%. Candidate should pass. 50% will be displayed Candidate gets 49.3%.Candidate should pass. 50% will be displayed

Scores are always calculated exactly - they and are not influenced by rounding. It is the final percentage that needs the rounding rule applied to it.

Grades and rounding of scores: Cirrus will always use the rounded percentage to define the grade.