Arithmetic Operators

What are Arithmetic Operators?

In everyday life, we use math all the time — counting scores, measuring distances, splitting things equally. In programming, we do the same using arithmetic operators. These are special symbols that tell the computer to perform a mathematical operation on two values.

Arithmetic Operators in PictoBlox

PictoBlox provides all the basic arithmetic operators in the Operators palette. Each operator block takes two inputs and returns a result.

The Modulo Operator

The modulo operator might be new to you! It returns the remainder after dividing one number by another. For example, 10 mod 3 = 1, because 10 divided by 3 is 3 with a remainder of 1.

Using Arithmetic Operators with Variables

Arithmetic operators become really powerful when combined with variables. You can perform calculations on variable values and store the result back into a variable.