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  2. The monkey and the coconuts - Wikipedia

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    k=1 yielding 21 is the smallest positive number that can be successively divided by 5 twice with remainder 1. If there are 5 divisions, then multiples of 5 5 =3125 are required; the smallest such number is 3125 – 4 = 3121. After 5 divisions, there are 1020 coconuts left over, a number divisible by 5 as required by the problem.

  3. Missing dollar riddle - Wikipedia

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    The misdirection in this riddle is in the second half of the description, where unrelated amounts are added together and the person to whom the riddle is posed assumes those amounts should add up to 30, and is then surprised when they do not ⁠— ⁠there is, in fact, no reason why the (10 ⁠− ⁠1) ⁠× ⁠3 ⁠ + ⁠2 ⁠ = ⁠29 sum should add up to 30.

  4. Remainder - Wikipedia

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    and 3 is the least positive remainder, while, 43 = (−9) × (−5) + (−2) and −2 is the least absolute remainder. In the division of 42 by 5, we have: 42 = 8 × 5 + 2, and since 2 < 5/2, 2 is both the least positive remainder and the least absolute remainder. In these examples, the (negative) least absolute remainder is obtained from the ...

  5. Taylor's theorem - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. In calculus, Taylor's theorem gives an approximation of a -times differentiable function around a given point by a polynomial of degree , called the -th-order Taylor polynomial. For a smooth function, the Taylor polynomial is the truncation at the order of the Taylor series of the function.

  6. Division (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    Sometimes this remainder is added to the quotient as a fractional part, so 10 / 3 is equal to ⁠3 + 1 / 3 ⁠ or 3.33..., but in the context of integer division, where numbers have no fractional part, the remainder is kept separately (or exceptionally, discarded or rounded). [5] When the remainder is kept as a fraction, it leads to a rational ...

  7. Rod calculus - Wikipedia

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    If there is a remainder in a place value decimal rod calculus division, both the remainder and the divisor must be left in place with one on top of another. In Liu Hui 's notes to Jiuzhang suanshu (2nd century BCE), the number on top is called "shi" (实), while the one at bottom is called "fa" (法).

  8. Euclidean division - Wikipedia

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    17 is divided into 3 groups of 5, with 2 as leftover. Here, the dividend is 17, the divisor is 3, the quotient is 5, and the remainder is 2 (which is strictly smaller than the divisor 3), or more symbolically, 17 = (3 × 5) + 2. In arithmetic, Euclidean division – or division with remainder – is the process of dividing one integer (the ...

  9. Personal foul (basketball) - Wikipedia

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    Personal foul (basketball) Zoran Dragić (right) contacts Carl English and commits a foul. In basketball, a personal foul is a breach of the rules that concerns illegal personal contact with an opponent. It is the most common type of foul in basketball. A player fouls out on reaching a limit on personal fouls for the game and is disqualified ...