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candice liu
1,072 Pointshow to do 8%5?
what is the role do do this
4 Answers

Kourosh Raeen
23,732 Points8%5 is the remainder from the division of 8 by 5.

jason chan
31,008 Pointsmodulo is used for finding the number is odd or even. Or to do that funny fizzbizz question.

robbiebaker
1,431 PointsIf you do 8%5(8 mod 5) it should be 3 since that is the final amount left over after 8/5.

Anjali Pasupathy
28,883 Points8%5 is the same as 8-(5*floor(8.0/5.0))