Stuck on division problem.

[cillywilly25]

Hi I'm trying to figure out what's 15,071 divided by 5. I'm ok until I get to the remainder, for some reason I keep coming up with 1 but apparently that's not correct. Can someone please show me step by step how to come up with the correct answer. Thanks in advance.

 

[mmm4444bot]

I don't start out with step-by-step ...

Hi Willy:

I'd like to see both the quotient and the remainder that you got, please.

~ Mark

 

[cillywilly25]

the quotient I came up with is 3014 and I keep getting the remainder as 1.

 

[mmm4444bot]

Understanding the result ...

Both your quotient and remainder are correct.

What are you looking at to make you think these values are not correct?

~ Mark

 

[Denis]

Unless "they" mean 3014 1/5 which is 3014.2

 

[mmm4444bot]

Unless "they" mean 3014 1/5 which is 3014.2

Willy:

Is this the case?

Are you looking at 3014 1/5 and wondering why it says 1/5 instead of 1?

When you get a remainder after dividing one number by another, then the answer is not just the quotient plus the remainder. The answer always takes this form:

\(\displaystyle \mbox{Quotient} \;+\; \frac{Remainder}{Divisor}\)

We always write the remainder over the divisor.

Your remainder is 1 and the divisor is 5.

3014 + 1/5

"Three thousand fourteen and one-fifth" is the answer.

~ Mark