What are mathematical operators in Python?
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In programming, there is often a need to perform calculations, and one of the reasons that computers were created is to perform complex calculations automatically for us so we don’t have to!
Due to this, Python can perform numerous calculations using various mathematical operators.
| Python mathematical operator | Description | Example | Result |
| + | Add | print(7 + 3) | 10 |
| – | Subtract / minus | print(16 – 8) | 8 |
| * | Multiply | print(5 * 10) | 50 |
| / | Divide | print(36 / 6) | 6 |
| % | Modulus | print (28 % 9) | 1 |
| ** | Exponentiation | print(2 ** 3) | 8 |
| // | Floor division | print (19 // 2) | 9 |