余数

餘數
yúshù
noun #57,570

Meanings

  1. 1 remainder (in division)

Examples

HSK 6
Shí chúyǐ sān, shāng shì sān, yúshù shì yī.
Ten divided by three gives three, with a remainder of one.
HSK 6
Yí ge shù rúguǒ néng bèi èr zhěngchú, yúshù jiù shì líng.
If a number can be divided exactly by two, the remainder is zero.

Tips

usage
余 means 'left over'. The parts of a division are 被除数 (dividend), 除数 (divisor), 商 (quotient) and 余数 (remainder). With no remainder, the number is 整除 (divided exactly).

Stroke Order

余 yú
数 shù