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Operations

Introduction

There are four operations in maths that help us to problem-solve. They are addition, subtraction, division and multiplication.

No matter what problem you are trying to solve, using one of these four operations - addition, subtraction, division and multiplication - will help you to work it out. You will also need to know how the different operations work as opposites.

But - how do you know which operation to use?

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