Why is 8 % 5 not 6?

Question

The result from 8 / 5 is 1.6 right?
Then why is 8 % 5 not 6??

Answer 1

8/5=(5/5)+(3/5) so 8%5=3

Answer 2

When you write 8%5 imagine you're dividing 8 by 5. You take the integer which in this case is 1 and once you see you can't divide it any more without making it a decimal, you stop. The rest of dividing 8 by 5 is 3 and that's the modulo (the result) of that operation.

Answer 3

@Lucien, other way to look at is 8/5 =1.6 but .6 remainder is out of 10 that's why its called decimals. In our case we need out of 5 so remainder is (6/10)*5 =3.

Answer 4

division (/) is differ from %
% mean you got rest of number after division

Answer 5

8%4 gives 0... because no remainder. 8%2 gives 0... because no remainder... 8%3 gives 2 because after 3 divides into 8 twice (6), there is a reminder of 2.

Answer 6

Ahhh, I think I got it! Trank you very much!

Answer 7

because the operator is only returning the remainder

Answer 8

% will return the remainder of 8 / 5

Answer 9

5 goes into 8 only 1 time with a remainder of 3.

Answer 10

8%5 is 3

Answer 11

because when we devide 8 by 5, the reminder is 3, not 6

Answer 12

8℅5 you are taking out the modulus of it. as you know modulus answer is remainder. so the answer will be 3