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What is a remainder

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A remainder is the remaining amount of a number than comes out of a division. I'm not sure how to explain it better, so I'll give you an example:

Let's say you want to divide 5 by 2. We know that 5 can't be divided by 2 evenly, it won't give you a whole number. Instead it will give you a decimal 2.5.

In this case, 1 is the remainder and I will explain why! Do the long division for 5/2. 2 fits into 5 two times, so you multiply 2 * 2, which gives you 4. If you subtract that number from 5, you get 1. We know that 2 can't fit into one, therefore, 1 is the remainder. once you start getting into decimals, you can fit numbers into other numbers, which is why technically you can fit 2 into 5, but you can't fit it in evenly, if that makes sense!

I hope this example helps see what a remainder is. It's just the number in a long division that the divisor (in my example, 2 is the divisor) can't fit in!

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I think you spelt it wrong
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