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Question
What is the quotient and remainder when $ 2526 $ is divided by $ 12 $ ?
Answer
The quotient is 210 and the remainder is 6.
Explanation
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Division Table
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| | | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| | – | 0 | | | |
| | | 2 | 5 | | |
| | – | 2 | 4 | | |
| | | | 1 | 2 | |
| | | – | 1 | 2 | |
| | | | | 6 | |
| | | | – | 0 | |
| | | | | 6 | |
STEP 0: set up a division table
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| | | | | | |
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
STEP 1: DIVIDE 2 : 12 = 0 with a remainder of 2
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| | | 0 | | | |
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
STEP 2: MULTIPLY 0 · 12 = 0
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| | | 0 | | | |
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| | | 0 | | | |
STEP 3: SUBTRACT 2 - 0 = 2
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| | | 0 | | | |
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| | – | 0 | | | |
| | | 2 | | | |
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STEP 4: BRING DOWN
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| | | 0 | | | |
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| | – | 0 | | | |
| | | 2 | 5 | | |
STEP 5: DIVIDE 25 : 12 = 2 with a remainder of 1
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| | | 0 | 2 | | |
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| | – | 0 | | | |
| | | 2 | 5 | | |
STEP 6: MULTIPLY 2 · 12 = 24
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| | | 0 | 2 | | |
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| | – | 0 | | | |
| | | 2 | 5 | | |
| | | 2 | 4 | | |
STEP 7: SUBTRACT 25 - 24 = 1
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| | | 0 | 2 | | |
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| | – | 0 | | | |
| | | 2 | 5 | | |
| | – | 2 | 4 | | |
| | | | 1 | | |
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STEP 8: BRING DOWN
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| | | 0 | 2 | | |
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| | – | 0 | | | |
| | | 2 | 5 | | |
| | – | 2 | 4 | | |
| | | | 1 | 2 | |
STEP 9: DIVIDE 12 : 12 = 1 with a remainder of 0
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| | | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| | – | 0 | | | |
| | | 2 | 5 | | |
| | – | 2 | 4 | | |
| | | | 1 | 2 | |
STEP 10: MULTIPLY 1 · 12 = 12
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| | | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| | – | 0 | | | |
| | | 2 | 5 | | |
| | – | 2 | 4 | | |
| | | | 1 | 2 | |
| | | | 1 | 2 | |
STEP 11: SUBTRACT 12 - 12 = 0
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| | | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| | – | 0 | | | |
| | | 2 | 5 | | |
| | – | 2 | 4 | | |
| | | | 1 | 2 | |
| | | – | 1 | 2 | |
| | | | | 0 | |
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STEP 12: BRING DOWN
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| | | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| | – | 0 | | | |
| | | 2 | 5 | | |
| | – | 2 | 4 | | |
| | | | 1 | 2 | |
| | | – | 1 | 2 | |
| | | | | 6 | |
STEP 13: DIVIDE 6 : 12 = 0 with a remainder of 6
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| | | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| | – | 0 | | | |
| | | 2 | 5 | | |
| | – | 2 | 4 | | |
| | | | 1 | 2 | |
| | | – | 1 | 2 | |
| | | | | 6 | |
STEP 14: MULTIPLY 0 · 12 = 0
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| | | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| | – | 0 | | | |
| | | 2 | 5 | | |
| | – | 2 | 4 | | |
| | | | 1 | 2 | |
| | | – | 1 | 2 | |
| | | | | 6 | |
| | | | | 0 | |
STEP 15: SUBTRACT 6 - 0 = 6
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| | | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| | – | 0 | | | |
| | | 2 | 5 | | |
| | – | 2 | 4 | | |
| | | | 1 | 2 | |
| | | – | 1 | 2 | |
| | | | | 6 | |
| | | | – | 0 | |
| | | | | 6 | |
STEP 15: SUBTRACT 6 - 0 = 6
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| | | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| | – | 0 | | | |
| | | 2 | 5 | | |
| | – | 2 | 4 | | |
| | | | 1 | 2 | |
| | | – | 1 | 2 | |
| | | | | 6 | |
| | | | – | 0 | |
| | | | | 6 | |
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