Question

When -7 is divided by 5, what is the quotient? what is the remainder?

Answer 1

Quotient is 0? remainder is -7?

Answer 2

quotient is -1 remainder is -2

Answer 3

\[-7=-1\times 5 -2\]

Answer 4

Thats what I put on my test and it was marked wrong

Answer 5

or if you like
\[-7=-2\times 5+3\]

Answer 6

maybe your teacher wants remainders between 0 and 4, in which case the remainder would be 3

Answer 7

How can there be two different answers?

Answer 8

Its a pretty simple question lol

Answer 9

And now all of the sudden its quite confusing

Answer 10

got distracted sorry

Answer 11

i guess you need the remainder to be positive. so if you are dividing by say 11 the only remainders you can have are the integers 0 through 10

Answer 12

Since \( -7 \equiv 3 \pmod 5 \) ,hence \( 3 \) is the remainder.