12.6.1 Arithmetic Operators

12.6.1 Arithmetic Operators
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Table 12.11 Arithmetic Operators

Name	Description
`DIV`	Integer division
`/`	Division operator
`-`	Minus operator
`%`, `MOD`	Modulo operator
`+`	Addition operator
`*`	Multiplication operator
`-`	Change the sign of the argument

The usual arithmetic operators are available. The result is determined according to the following rules:

In the case of -, +, and *, the result is calculated with BIGINT (64-bit) precision if both operands are integers.
If both operands are integers and any of them are unsigned, the result is an unsigned integer. For subtraction, if the NO_UNSIGNED_SUBTRACTION SQL mode is enabled, the result is signed even if any operand is unsigned.
If any of the operands of a +, -, /, *, % is a real or string value, the precision of the result is the precision of the operand with the maximum precision.
In division performed with /, the scale of the result when using two exact-value operands is the scale of the first operand plus the value of the div_precision_increment system variable (which is 4 by default). For example, the result of the expression 5.05 / 0.014 has a scale of six decimal places (360.714286).

These rules are applied for each operation, such that nested calculations imply the precision of each component. Hence, (14620 / 9432456) / (24250 / 9432456), resolves first to (0.0014) / (0.0026), with the final result having 8 decimal places (0.60288653).

Because of these rules and the way they are applied, care should be taken to ensure that components and subcomponents of a calculation use the appropriate level of precision. See Section 12.10, “Cast Functions and Operators”.

For information about handling of overflow in numeric expression evaluation, see Section 11.2.6, “Out-of-Range and Overflow Handling”.

Arithmetic operators apply to numbers. For other types of values, alternative operations may be available. For example, to add date values, use DATE_ADD(); see Section 12.7, “Date and Time Functions”.

+
Addition:
```
mysql> SELECT 3+5;
        -> 8
```
-
Subtraction:
```
mysql> SELECT 3-5;
        -> -2
```
-
Unary minus. This operator changes the sign of the operand.
```
mysql> SELECT - 2;
        -> -2
```
Note
If this operator is used with a BIGINT, the return value is also a BIGINT. This means that you should avoid using - on integers that may have the value of −2⁶³.

*

Multiplication:

mysql> SELECT 3*5;
        -> 15
mysql> SELECT 18014398509481984*18014398509481984.0;
        -> 324518553658426726783156020576256.0
mysql> SELECT 18014398509481984*18014398509481984;
        -> out-of-range error

The last expression produces an error because the result of the integer multiplication exceeds the 64-bit range of BIGINT calculations. (See Section 11.2, “Numeric Types”.)

/
Division:
```
mysql> SELECT 3/5;
        -> 0.60
```
Division by zero produces a NULL result:
```
mysql> SELECT 102/(1-1);
        -> NULL
```
A division is calculated with BIGINT arithmetic only if performed in a context where its result is converted to an integer.
DIV
Integer division. Discards from the division result any fractional part to the right of the decimal point.
As of MySQL 5.5.3, if either operand has a noninteger type, the operands are converted to DECIMAL and divided using DECIMAL arithmetic before converting the result to BIGINT. If the result exceeds BIGINT range, an error occurs. Before MySQL 5.5.3, incorrect results may occur for noninteger operands that exceed BIGINT range.
```
mysql> SELECT 5 DIV 2, -5 DIV 2, 5 DIV -2, -5 DIV -2;
        -> 2, -2, -2, 2
```
N % M, N MOD M
Modulo operation. Returns the remainder of N divided by M. For more information, see the description for the MOD() function in Section 12.6.2, “Mathematical Functions”.