what mean‘s divided by？
In what follows, □ and Δ are different numbers.When 503 is divided by □ the remainder is 20.When 503 is divided by Δ the remainder is 20.When 493 is divided by □ x Δ the remainder is_____.
答案是10

这里的divided by不是“除以"的意思吗？Answer is 10
This “divided by" isn't mean's "÷ "?

Question

what mean‘s divided by？
In what follows, □ and Δ are different numbers.When 503 is divided by □ the remainder is 20.When 503 is divided by Δ the remainder is 20.When 493 is divided by □ x Δ the remainder is_____.
答案是10

这里的divided by不是“除以"的意思吗？Answer is 10
This “divided by" isn't  mean's "÷ "?

Answer

When 503 is divided by □ the remainder is 20.

In this sentence it could mean 'divided by '  "÷ "除以.

However logically the next sentences to be mathematically correct divided by' can't have that sense:

When 503 is divided by Δ the remainder is 20.
When 493 is divided by □ x Δ the remainder is 10.

How could be the number 503 divided by 2 different number □  and Δ and give the same result :20?
There must be something wrong here!
Is that a translation from Chinese to English ?The translator might have translated the second term wrongly as 'divided by' !

Answer

To divide is to split something up.

4 / 4 = 1
4 divided by 4 = 1

and 
4 * 4 = 16
4 multiplied by 4 = 16

Chinese wiki:
http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%99%A4%E6%B3%95

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