Mod Function With Multiples?

where I have to write a Java program that asks for user input regarding a book and provides information based on that input like the number of pages required, number of words on the final page and if the final page is more than half full, etc. We are told that each page should have 250 words maximum to use for our calculations. The problem I am having here is that when the total number of words is a multiple of 250 the output tells me that there are 0 words on the last page when in fact there are 250. I've tried messing around with mod functions in this format ((x+a)%250)+y which is what the professor told us to use instead of creating an if-statement for this case but I haven't been able to crack it. I don't think I fully understand how the mod function cycle could work for this case.

import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
public class CorreiaFranciscaA1Q1 {
public static void main(String[] args) {
String ManuscriptTitle =
JOptionPane.showInputDialog ("Please enter a book title.");
String AuthorName =
JOptionPane.showInputDialog ("Please enter the author name.");
String TotalWords =
JOptionPane.showInputDialog ("Please enter the number of words.");

[code]....

Above if totalWords is a multiple of 250 like 17500 then wordsFinalPage will give us 0 and I need it to give 250. How can I do that without using an if statement but instead using a mod function?