John Cowan recently said: > No, indeed. Even the hopeless innumerate should be able to grasp > the ceiling and floor functions, however: the floor of four and a half > is four, whereas its ceiling is five. Some speak of rounding down and > rounding up respectively.
The hopelessly innumerate might get confused with minus four and a half. The floor is minus five and the ceiling is minus four. (The floor goes towards minus infinity not zero.) Tim -- Tim Partridge. Any opinions expressed are mine only and not those of my employer
