div $t0,$s1,$s2
Translates into:
div $s1,$s2 mflo $t0
The SPIM extended assembler includes these instructions:
div d,s,t # divide $s by $t. Put the
# quotient in $d. Operands are
# two's complement.
# (pseudoinstruction)
and
divu d,s,t # divide $s by $t. Put the
# quotient in $d. Operands are
# unsigned.
# (pseudoinstruction)
Is the remainder of an integer division sometimes useful?