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GCSE Computer Science · key term
An operation that returns the remainder after division; written % in Python.
Used by AQA and Edexcel
Paper 1
An operation that returns the remainder after integer division, written as MOD in AQA pseudocode.
Revise: Basic Arithmetic OperatorsModulus, written
MOD, returns the remainder. Both operations produce integer values when used with integers.
Specification 1.2.3, 6.5.1 · Paper 1, Paper 2
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Division, integer division and modulus answer different questions. Suppose 17 counters are arranged into groups of five. Ordinary division gives 3.4.
