Arithmetic operators

Programming languages such as Java, C++, and C# typically support the five arithmetic operators shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1. Arithmetic operators.

Operator    Description                        +        Adds its operands    -        Subtracts the right operand             from the left operand    *        Multiplies the operands     /        Divides the left operand by             the right operand    %        Remainder of dividing the              left operand by the right              operand - modulus operator