What is the Remainder of 254 divided by 5?

What is the Remainder of 254 divided by 5? In other words, what is the Remainder when you divide 254 by 5? Finding the Remainder of 254 divided by 5 is a three-step process. Here are the steps:

Step 1) Start by dividing 254 by 5 to get the decimal answer as illustrated below. Note that we round the answer if necessary, but don't worry, the final answer will still be exact.

254 / 5 = 50.80

Step 2) Next we take the Whole part of the answer in Step 1 and multiply it by the Divisor. As you can see, it does not matter if we rounded in the previous step because the Decimal part is ignored. Furthermore, the Divisor in 254 divided by 5 is 5. Thus, the Whole multiplied by the Divisor is:

50 x 5 = 250

Step 3) Finally, we will subtract the answer in Step 2 from the Dividend to get the answer. The Dividend in 254 divided by 5 is 254. Thus, our final calculation to get the answer is:

254 - 250 = 4

That is all there is to it! Again, the answer is 4.

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