This number, which is left after a whole number is divided equally, is usually called the remainder. This number can be written as a whole number (6 R1), as a fraction (1/2 if you were dividing by 2 to begin with), as well as a number of other ways.
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We call this left over number the remainder.
The remainder.
Remain, or remainder, is the amount left over when one number is divided into another, but doesn't divide equally. For example, 25 divided by 6 is 4, with a remainder of 1.
(of whole numbers such as 3 and 5) Having one left over as a remainder when divided by two49/2 =24 with a remainder of 1.
When we say that a number is divisible by five , we mean that : 1.The number when divided by five has a quotient in whole number , and 2.No remainder if left after the division. Since 2 divided by five results in the quotient as 0.4 (which is not a whole number), we say that 2 is not divisible by five . (Even though the remainder becomes zero , if we carry on the division after putting the decimal sign in the quotient.)