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Introduction to operators

Watch Dr. Yossi Elran explain about operators.

This week we’ll move away from number symbologies and take a look at operators and operator puzzles. An operator describes an action performed on numbers or on other elements, like figures or even words and sentences. Examples of some well-known operators include: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and more.

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