Forcing a number only format on a cell

I have set the format on particular cells to numbers but the spreadsheet user can still type in any character (letter A for instance). This causes errors in subsequent formula.
Is there any way to prevent this - that is allow the entry of numeric values only ?

You cannot prevent a user from entering whatever characters they want. One way to prevent downstream errors is to not use the data entry cell in downstream formulas. For example, if the user enters data in B2, use C2 for data validation and use C2 in downstream formulas. For numerical entry you can use
C2=IFERROR(B2*1,0) which sets the default to 0 for downstream numeric formulas if the entry contains any non-numeric characters.
To flag the error for the user, you can put a conditional format in B2 so that if B2 is not equal to C2 then fill red.
When you are done designing your table, hide column C.
I'll have to think about how I'd do something similar if the text entry had to contain alphabet characters only. Luckily that was not your question.
Another method is to use a slider or a popup then you don't need to do data validation. Popups are good for a limited number of choices of whatever entries you want to allow (numbers, words, letters, etc) . Sliders are good for numerical entry but not overa really wide range of numbers if you want the user to pick an exact number. If you are looking for entry of the digits 0-9, I'd go with a popup.

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