The remainder when 318 is divided by 100

divisibility

I know people here might find it silly but I want to clear my understanding about remainder.

I had a fight with my brother over this question. I suggested that remainder is something that is left when two numbers can't further be divided.

This is what I think remainder should be:-
$$\dfrac{318}{100}=3+\dfrac{18}{100}$$
$$\dfrac{318}{100}=3+\dfrac{9}{50}$$So according to me 9 should be the remainder of $\dfrac{318}{100}$ as 9 cannot further be divided by $50$.

This is what my brother does enter image description here

So according to him remainder should be $18$. But this is not the remainder actually this something we call mod of two number (which is usually used by computers to calculate remainder of two numbers ). My brother says that 9 is not the remainder of $\dfrac{318}{100}$ but the remainder of $\dfrac{159}{50}$. Aren't they the same thing.

Can anyone tell me, who is correct.

Best Answer

The remainder of $n$ divided by $d$ is the unique integer $r$ satisfying $0\le r<d$ and $n=qd+r$ for some integer $q$. When $n= 318$ and $d=100$, $r=18$ satisfies the criterion (with $q=3$).

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