ARITHMETIC RULES

About "Arithmetic rules"

Arithmetic rules :

Arithmetic rules is the basic topic required for primary level students.

While using arithmetic operations like addition, subtraction, multiplication and division we need to follow these arithmetic rules. Without knowing these rules we cannot evaluate arithmetic expressions correctly.

Rules followed in arithmetic operations

• Addition and subtraction rules
• Multiplication and division rules

Addition and subtraction rules

whenever we have a numerical expression like -5 + 6 -7, we may have a confusion that we need to add those numbers or subtract?

That time we have to remember the rule given below.

Example 1 :

Simplify  -15 + 13 - 27 - 43 + 77

Solution :

First we have to write the numbers which are having same sign.Here the numbers 15,27 and 43 are having same sign

          = - 15 - 27 - 43 + 13 + 77

Multiplication and division rules

Whenever we want to multiply or divide two numbers, we must follow the rule given below.

Example 2 :

Multiply -15 x 4

Solution :

-15 x 4 = - 60

By multiplying 15 and 4 we get 60. The signs of two numbers are negative and positive. 

By multiplying + and - we get negative. That's why we put negative sign for the answer.

Note: 

If the numbers or variables do not have any sign in front of them, then we have to consider that there is positive sign. For example let us conside 4,

Here we don't have any sign in front of them, so we have to consider this as + 4

Likewise let us consider 5a, here the number 5 and the variable a are multiplying. Since there we don't have any sign in the middle of 5 and a we have to consider that there is multiplication. 

Now let us see mixed problems based on the above concept.

Example 3 :

Simplify -15 - 4

Solution :

Since the given numbers are having same signs, we have to add them and put the greater number sign.

-15 - 4 = -19

Example 4 :

Simplify -5 + 3 

Solution :

Since the given numbers are having different signs, we have to subtract them and put the greater number sign.

-5 + 3 = -2

Example 5 :

Simplify -15 ÷ 3 

Solution :

-15 ÷ 3  =  -5

After having gone through the stuff given above, we hope that the students would have understood "Arithmetic rules". 

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