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id: 6331d251b51aeedd1a2bd648
title: "Factoring"
challengeType: 15
videoId: Puyp_-ZYA54
dashedName: factoring
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# --description--

This first video will show you how to find common factors and divide them out - in writing, then in code using loops and modulus operations.

Here is the <a href="https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1tB7N3QqHEbGk33v0BdTwZTVkS9ju9yn6?usp=sharing" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Colab notebook used in this video.</a>

# --question--

## --text--

What does the modulus (`%`) operator do in Python?

## --answers--

returns the percent

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divides

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returns the remainder when dividing

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creates a space

## --video-solution--

3
