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Arithmetic Operators

Math in Python

Python supports standard math operations:

5 + 3    # Addition: 8
5 - 3    # Subtraction: 2
5 * 3    # Multiplication: 15
5 / 3    # Division: 1.666...
5 // 3   # Floor division: 1
5 % 3    # Modulo (remainder): 2
5 ** 3   # Exponent: 125

Division (/) always returns a float, even if the result is whole: 6 / 3 gives 2.0, not 2.

Floor division (//) gives the integer part of division. Modulo (%) gives the remainder. Together they let you do integer arithmetic: 17 // 5 is $3$ with remainder 17 % 5 = $2$ .