How Does Modulus Divison Work

Question

I don\'t really understand how modulus division works. I was calculating 27 % 16 and wound up with 11 and I don\'t understand why.

I can\'t

Answer 1

I would like to add one more thing:

it's easy to calculate modulo when dividend is greater/larger than divisor

dividend = 5 divisor = 3

5 % 3 = 2

3)5(1
  3
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  2

but what if divisor is smaller than dividend

dividend = 3 divisor = 5

3 % 5 = 3 ?? how

This is because, since 5 cannot divide 3 directly, modulo will be what dividend is