https://chickenfrybytes.com/learn/secondary-school/form-2/Recent content in Form 2 on ChickenFryBytes StudiosHugoenThu, 14 May 2026 10:42:01 -0400https://chickenfrybytes.com/learn/secondary-school/form-2/mathematics/binary-operations/Thu, 14 May 2026 09:47:05 -0400https://chickenfrybytes.com/learn/secondary-school/form-2/mathematics/binary-operations/<p>A binary operation is an operation which combines two numbers to produce a third number. Our basic arithmetic operations are binary operations:</p> <ul> <li>Addition ($+$)</li> <li>Subtraction ($-$)</li> <li>Multiplication ($\times$)</li> <li>Division ($\div$)</li> </ul> <p>Addition is a binary operation because it accepts two numbers and produces a third number (their sum) e.g. $2+1=3$.</p> <h2 id="custom-binary-operations"> <a href="#custom-binary-operations" onclick="copyHeadingToClipboard(&#34;custom-binary-operations&#34;)" > Custom binary operations </a> </h2> <p>We can define our own binary operations using fancy symbols like oplus ($\oplus$), otimes ($\otimes$), etc. For example, consider the binary operation:</p>