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Arithmetic

addition (top) and division (bottom)
addition (top) and division (bottom)

Arithmetic refers to a number of operations performed on numbers:

  • addition
  • subtraction
  • multiplication
  • division
  • exponentiation
  • root taking
  • logarithm taking

Numbers are represented using the numerals 0 ... 9. Operations can be grouped by parentheses. The order in which operations are performed:

  1. operations in parentheses
  2. exponentiation and root taking
  3. multiplication and division
  4. addition and subtraction
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