---
title: "Liquid filters: modulo"
description: Returns the remainder of dividing a number by a given number.
api_name: liquid
source_url:
  html: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/filters/modulo
  md: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/filters/modulo.md
---

# modulo

```oobleck
number | modulo: number
```

returns [number](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/basics#number)

Returns the remainder of dividing a number by a given number.

```liquid
{{ 12 | modulo: 5 }}
```

## Output

```html
2
```