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GCSE Mathematics · key term
A number or operation that acts on another quantity; in this topic, a fraction or percentage acts by multiplication.
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Specification N12 · Paper 1, Paper 2, Paper 3
Revise: Fraction and Percentage OperatorsAn operator tells you what to do to a number. When a fraction or percentage operates on a quantity, it multiplies that quantity.
Specification N12 · Paper 1, Paper 2, Paper 3
A number or instruction that acts on a quantity to produce another quantity.
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An operator acts on a quantity. In questions about fractions and percentages, the word of usually signals that one number is operating on another by multiplication.
Specification 6.02a · Paper 1 (Foundation), Paper 2 (Foundation), Paper 3 (Foundation), Paper 4 (Higher), Paper 5 (Higher), Paper 6 (Higher)
A symbol such as , , or that tells you which mathematical operation to perform.