"''My son ate part of his cake and I ate the remainder."
°The amount left over after subtracting the
divisor as many times as possible from the
dividend without producing a
negative result. If (dividend) and
d (divisor) are integers, then can always be expressed in the form
n = dq + r, where
q (
quotient) and
r (remainder) are also integers and 0 ≤
r <
d.
"''17 leaves a remainder of 2 when divided by 3."
adjective
verb
synonyms:
remnant, residue, rest, surplus
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, leftover