Recognizing when to use the modulus operator

Question

I know the modulus (%) operator calculates the remainder of a division. How can I identify a situation where I would need to use the modulus operator?

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Answer 1

The modulo can be useful to convert and split total minutes to "hours and minutes":

hours = minutes / 60

minutes_left = minutes % 60

In the hours bit we need to strip the decimal portion and that will depend on the language you are using.

We can then rearrange the output accordingly.