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In arithmetic, the r________ is the amount that remains when one amount cannot be exactly divided by another. For example, if you divide 22 by 7, the answer is 3 and the remainder is 1.In arithmetic, the remainder is the amount that remains when one amount cannot be exactly divided by another. For example, if you divide 22 by 7, the answer is 3 and the remainder is 1.
word remainder
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The remainder of a group are the things or people that still remain after the other things or people have gone or have been dealt with.
He gulped down the remainder of his coffee.
I spent the remainder of the day feeling terrible.
Only 5.9 per cent of the area is covered in trees. Most of the remainder is farmland.
A quarter of finalists hoped to go travelling. The remainder were undecided about their plans.
noun
In arithmetic, the remainder is the amount that remains when one amount cannot be exactly divided by another. For example, if you divide 22 by 7, the answer is 3 and the remainder is 1.
A remainder is a book that has been remaindered.
verb
If a book is remaindered, it is sold at a reduced price because it has not been selling very well and will not be published again.
It failed to sell and was soon remaindered.
inflections remaindersremainderingremaindered
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