Not a big problem nor something mind boggoling, I just wanted to know if I were to write the answer for an equation such as 10/4, in remainder notation, would it be fine to write it as 2 r 2, or would I have to write 2 remainder 2?
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As an aside, $2r2$ (or however you choose to write it) is a terrible notation, because by its own it's meaningless. For instance, $8\div 3$, $12\div 5$ and $16\div 7$ are completely different numbers, but somehow they are all $2r2$? The divisor ought to be included in the notation somehow. – Arthur Jul 22 '18 at 22:34
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@Arthur True so $2+\frac23$,$2+\frac25$,$2+\frac27$ would solve that? – RayDansh Jul 22 '18 at 22:35
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@RayDanish I'll even accept $2\frac23,2\frac25$ and $2\frac27$, but yes, something along those lines that would probably be best. – Arthur Jul 22 '18 at 22:36
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It all depends on the context.
The $2$ remainder $2$ is more readable that $2r2$.
I would write it as $10=2\times 4+2$ or $\frac {10}{4}= 2+\frac {2}{4}$ or $Q=2$ and $R=2$
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I believe the accepted notation is {quotient} R {remainder} for integer division and {quotient} + $\frac{remainder}{divisor}$ for polynomial division. So $\frac{50}{15} = 3 R 5$ and $\frac{x^2+x+1}{x} = x + 1+\frac1{x}$
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