If we baked 10 cookies and gave them out in batches of 3, how many would we have leftover after giving out all the full batches we could?
The modulo operator %
, gives us the remainder after two numbers are divided.
int cookiesBaked = 10; int cookiesLeftover = 10 % 3; //cookiesLeftover holds 1
You have 1 cookie left after giving out all the batches of 3 you could!
Modulo can be a tricky concept, so let’s try another example.
Imagine we need to know whether a number is even or odd. An even number is divisible by 2.
Modulo can help! Dividing an even number by 2 will have a remainder of 0. Dividing an odd number by 2 will have a remainder of 1.
7 % 2 // 1, odd! 8 % 2 // 0, even! 9 % 2 // 1, odd!
Instructions
You are trying to split up students into groups of 3. How many students will be left out once the groups are made?
Create a variable called leftOut
that holds the modulo of students
and 3. Then, print the variable!