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Why must a remainder be less than the divisor

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The remainder should be less because its whats ledt of the number. While the divisor is helping the dividend get divided
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If i answer your question answer mine. A remainder must be less than a divisor because if your remainder is higher than your divisor that means you divided wrong

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