What is ODD function in Excel?
The ODD function is one of the math functions of Excel.
It Rounds a positive number up and negative number down to the Nearest ODD integer.
We can find this function in Math & trig category of insert function Tab.
How to use ODD function in excel
- Click on an empty cell (like F5 )

2. Click on the fx icon (or press shift+F3)

3. In the insert function tab you will see all functions

4. Select math and trig category
5. Select ODD function
6. Then select ok

7. In function Arguments Tab you will see ODD function
8. Number section is the value to round
9. If you enter +1.5 result will be 3

10. If you enter 2.5 result will be 3

11. If you enter -1.5 result will be -3

12. If you enter -2.5 result will be -3

13. You will see results in the formula result section
Examples of ODD function in Excel
Example 1:
How to Find ODD numbers in excel?
You can see examples of ODD function below:

odd(0.5) ----->>>>answer is 1
odd(1.5) ----->>>>answer is 3
odd(-1.5) ----->>>>answer is -3
odd(-0.5) ----->>>>answer is -1
odd(0) ----->>>>answer is 1
What is the purpose of ODD function?
It Rounds a positive number up and negative number down to the Nearest ODD integer.
What is the Return value of ODD function?
It returns a number.
How many arguments does ODD function have?
This function has just 1 Argument.
The argument of ODD function is number.
Number section is the value to round.
The argument of ODD function is required and not optional.
ODD(number) = number
Which version of excel supports ODD function?
This function is available for all excel versions (2003-2019)
Errors in ODD function
ODD related functions :
- EVEN Function
- ROUND Function
- MROUND Function
- FLOOR Function
- INT Function
- ROUNDUP Function
- ROUNDDOWN Function
- CEILING function
- TRUNC function