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# Arithmetic Operators (Transact-SQL)
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  Arithmetic operators perform mathematical operations on two expressions of one or more of the data types of the numeric data type category. For more information about data type categories, see [Transact-SQL Syntax Conventions](../../t-sql/language-elements/transact-sql-syntax-conventions-transact-sql.md).  
  
|Operator|Meaning|  
|--------------|-------------|  
|[+ (Add)](../../t-sql/language-elements/add-transact-sql.md)|Addition|  
|[- (Subtract)](../../t-sql/language-elements/subtract-transact-sql.md)|Subtraction|  
|[* (Multiply)](../../t-sql/language-elements/multiply-transact-sql.md)|Multiplication|  
|[/ (Divide)](../../t-sql/language-elements/divide-transact-sql.md)|Division|  
|[% (Modulo)](../../t-sql/language-elements/modulo-transact-sql.md)|Returns the integer remainder of a division. For example, 12 % 5 = 2 because the remainder of 12 divided by 5 is 2.|  
  
 The plus (+) and minus (-) operators can also be used to perform arithmetic operations on **datetime** and **smalldatetime** values.  
  
 For more information about the precision and scale of the result of an arithmetic operation, see [Precision, Scale, and Length (Transact-SQL)](../../t-sql/data-types/precision-scale-and-length-transact-sql.md).  
  
## See Also  
 [Data Types (Transact-SQL)](../../t-sql/data-types/data-types-transact-sql.md)   
 [Expressions (Transact-SQL)](../../t-sql/language-elements/expressions-transact-sql.md)