modular-arithmetic-avoids-large-integers

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The binary-prefix-divisible-by-5 solution tracks only the remainder modulo 5 at each step (`remainder = (remainder * 2 + bit) % 5`), never constructing the actual binary number — a pattern for constant-space streaming over unbounded numeric sequences.

Source: entries/2026/06/06/binary-prefix-divisible-by-5-solution.md

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