SOLUTION: What are greatest integer function and smallest integer function?

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Question 1062253: What are greatest integer function and smallest integer function?
Answer by math_helper(2461)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Do you mean the floor() operator and ceiling() operator?
Examples:
floor(3.9) = 3 (greatest integer less than or equal to the argument)
ceiling(3.9) = 4 (smallest integer greater than or equal to the argument)
floor(10.99) = 10
ceiling(10.99) = 11
Note: these are not rounding functions.

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