PrepSwift Question - Quotients & Remainders

GRE Quant Problem Solving
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Hi everyone,

I’m a little stumped by the solution to this question:

> A number is divided by 12. What is the maximum possible remainder?

Official answer = 11. My solution = 12.

I’m confused because if you divide 0 by 12, then the remainder = 12, which is technically the largest remainder possible, right? 0 is a multiple of every integer. What am I getting wrong here?

Thank you : )

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What do you think the remainder is when a multiple of 12 (say 48) is divided by 12?

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The remainder would be 0 in that case.

oH okay, wait, so will the quotient for 0/12 be 0 and the remainder will be 0 too?

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Correct.