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Arithmetic operations on two numbers
Write a Python program to perform all the basic arithmetic operations on two numbers.
Input
a = 17, b = 5
Output
Addition 22 Subtraction 12 Multiplication 85 Division 3.4 Floor division 3 Remainder 2 Power 1419857
Approach
- Apply each arithmetic operator and print the results in a table.
Solution
a, b = 17, 5operations = { "Addition": a + b, "Subtraction": a - b, "Multiplication": a * b, "Division": a / b, "Floor division": a // b, "Remainder": a % b, "Power": a ** b,}for name, value in operations.items(): print(f"{name:<15} {value}")Output
Addition 22 Subtraction 12 Multiplication 85 Division 3.4 Floor division 3 Remainder 2 Power 1419857
Line by line
Lines 2-10
A dictionary maps each operation’s name to its result.
Lines 11-12
The loop prints each pair; :<15 pads the name to 15 characters so the values line up.
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