Computer Science GCSE
Arithmetic operators
What Arithmetic operators means in Computer Science GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Arithmetic operators
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Operators that compute values: addition combines, subtraction finds a difference, multiplication scales, division gives a quotient, modulus returns the remainder, integer division discards the fractional part, and exponentiation raises a base to a power.
Topics that use Arithmetic operators
- Algorithms (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Binary search
- Bubble sort
- Linear search
- Logic error
- Logical operators
- Merge sort
- Modulus
- Relational operators
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