Edexcel GCSE Computer Science 2020
6.5.1: be able to write programs that use arithmetic operators (addition, subtraction, division, multiplication, modulus, integer division, exponentiation)
6.5.1: be able to write programs that use arithmetic operators (addition, subtraction, division, multiplication, modulus, integer division, exponentiation)
| Keyword | Definition |
|---|---|
| - | arithmetic operator which subtracts one number from another |
| -= | arithmetic operator which decreases a variable by a given amount |
| * | arithmetic operator which multiplies one number by another |
| ** | arithmetic operator which raises a number to a power |
| *= | arithmetic operator which multiplies a variable by a given amount |
| / | arithmetic operator which divides one number by another |
| // | arithmetic operator which divides one number by another giving the result as an integer, always rounding down |
| /= | arithmetic operator which divides a number by a given amount |
| % | arithmetic operator which finds the modulus (remainder after integer division) |
| + | arithmetic operator which adds two numbers together |
| += | arithmetic operator which increases a variable by a given amount |
| arithmetic operator | symbol or characters used to perform a mathematical process on input data |
