What is the Remainder of 71 divided by 17?

What is the Remainder of 71 divided by 17? In other words, what is the Remainder when you divide 71 by 17? Finding the Remainder of 71 divided by 17 is a three-step process. Here are the steps:

Step 1) Start by dividing 71 by 17 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.

71 / 17 = 4.18

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 71 divided by 17 is 17. Thus, the Whole multiplied by the Divisor is:

4 x 17 = 68

Step 3) Finally, we will subtract the answer in Step 2 from the Dividend to get the answer. The Dividend in 71 divided by 17 is 71. Thus, our final calculation to get the answer is:

71 - 68 = 3

That is all there is to it! Again, the answer is 3.

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