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Seed Share Envelope Portion

Split an explicit seed count into equal whole-seed envelope portions and an undistributed remainder.

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Description

Divide a supplied seed count equally among envelopes with an integer remainder.

Garden-resource planning uses supplied geometry, material stocks, visit counts and accounting boundaries. Water elevation difference gives nominal head before losses, while a screened reject fraction uses the screened total. Local arithmetic does not establish plant compatibility, suitable animal care, drainage performance or a safe structural design.

Divide a supplied seed count equally among envelopes with an integer remainder.

When to use this tool

Use Seed Share Envelope Portion when you already have totalSeeds, envelopeCount and need to divide a supplied seed count equally among envelopes with an integer remainder.

How to use the tool and how it works

  1. Enter totalSeeds, envelopeCount. Use the units and conventions below.
  2. Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
  3. Read seedsPerEnvelope, remainderSeeds. Use the output convention below.

Require safe whole totalSeeds>=0 and envelopeCount>=1; return floor(total/envelopes) and total%envelopes.1

Input fieldMeaning and unitsAccepted input
totalSeedsTotal SeedsRequired. Safe integer; minimum 0.
envelopeCountEnvelope CountRequired. Safe integer; minimum 1.
Output fieldInterpretationReturned shape
seedsPerEnvelopeSeeds Per EnvelopeRequired. Safe integer.
remainderSeedsRemainder SeedsRequired. Safe integer.
json
{
  "input": {
    "totalSeeds": 103,
    "envelopeCount": 10
  },
  "output": {
    "seedsPerEnvelope": 10,
    "remainderSeeds": 3
  }
}

Limitations and assumptions

  • Uses numeric division/remainder rather than arbitrary-precision allocation; seed viability, identical portions and actual packaging are not checked.
  • Inputs must satisfy both the field types and the cross-field conditions above. Invalid input causes an error; a successful false flag or documented placeholder is a different result.
  • Numeric calculations use binary floating point unless exact decimal-integer arithmetic is explicitly stated. No hidden measurement tolerance or decimal rounding is added; nonfinite or out-of-contract results are rejected. Numeric signed-zero results are exported as zero.

Alternative or Complementary methods

Measure actual site geometry and reconcile resource stocks, transfers and observation periods. For water delivery, account for the complete hydraulic path and losses; nominal head and local garden margins remain preliminary bookkeeping or geometry.

References

  1. Calculation and input contract: permaculture/seed-share-envelope-portion — tool.io

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