Programmer's Guide to Java™ Certification, A: A Comprehensive Primer, Second Edition

3.5. Arithmetic Operators: *, /, %, +, -

The arithmetic operators are used to construct mathematical expressions as in algebra. Their operands are of numeric type (which includes the char type).

Arithmetic Operator Precedence and Associativity

In Table 3.3, the precedence of the operators is in decreasing order, starting from the top row, which has the highest precedence. Unary subtraction has higher precedence than multiplication. The operators in the same row have the same precedence. Binary multiplication, division, and remainder operators have the same precedence. The unary operators have right associativity, and the binary operators have left associativity.

Table 3.3. Arithmetic Operators

Unary	+	Addition	-	Subtraction
Binary	*	Multiplication ...