Divide with a remainder

Definition. The remainder is what is left of the action of division undivided.

For example, five divided by two would be two and one in the remainder:

5 : 2 = 2 (1 in the remainder)

You can check it by multiplication:

(2 x 2) + 1 = 5

Suppose we have five apples

Divide them equally among the two friends. But you can't divide equally five whole apples. Then this division will show that everyone will get two apples, and one apple will be in the remainder:

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