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Subject: Re: Simple % question
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On Feb 11, 2014, at 6:36 PM, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:
>=20
> The real question is: What do you expect that symbol to mean?
>=20
> Its actual meaning is quite simple. In long division, dividing one
> number by another looks like this:

Yeah I understand what the % means.  It just confused me that 1%10 was =
1.  In my thought process it just didn=92t work.  1/10=3D .1 and I just =
didn=92t see where the remainder of 1 came in. =20