Mathematical Operations of Complex Numbers

- Operation in Complex Number

- Addition and Subtraction of Complex Number
- Multiplication of Complex Number
- Division of Complex Numbers
 Learning Outcomes

1 2 3 4
Add complex Subtract Multiply Divide complex
numbers. complex complex numbers.
numbers. numbers.
Complex numbers are "binomials" of
a sort, and are added, subtracted,
and multiplied in a similar way.
Division, which is further down the
page, is a bit different.

Operations in Complex Numbers

Operations
in
Rectangular
Form
Operations in Rectangular Form: Multiplication and Division
Operations
in
Polar Form
Operations
in
Exponential
Form
Addition and Subtraction of Complex Numbers Example
 Multiplication of Complex Numbers

Example
Multiplication of Complex
Numbers: Using Distributive
Property
 Division of
Complex Numbers
 • To simplify this expression, you
combine the like terms. These are
like terms because they have the
same variable with the same
exponents. Similarly, 8 and 2 are like
terms because they are both
constants, with no variables.

Summary • The number i or j look like a variable

but remember that it is equal to .
The great thing is you have no new
rules to worry about—whether you
treat it as a variable or a radical, the
exact same rules apply to adding and
subtracting complex numbers. You
combine the imaginary parts (the
terms with i), and you combine the
real parts.