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title: Math
description: Hugo provides six mathematical operators in templates.
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There are 6 basic mathematical operators that can be used in Hugo templates:

| Function | Description              | Example                       |
| -------- | ------------------------ | ----------------------------- |
| `add`    | Adds two integers.       | `{{add 1 2}}` &rarr; 3        |
| `div`    | Divides two integers.    | `{{div 6 3}}` &rarr; 2        |
| `mod`    | Modulus of two integers. | `{{mod 15 3}}` &rarr; 0       |
| `modBool`| Boolean of modulus of two integers. Evaluates to `true` if = 0. | `{{modBool 15 3}}` &rarr; true |
| `mul`    | Multiplies two integers. | `{{mul 2 3}}` &rarr; 6        |
| `sub`    | Subtracts two integers.  | `{{sub 3 2}}` &rarr; 1        |

## Use `add` with Strings

You can also use the `add` function with strings. You may like this functionality in many use cases, including creating new variables by combining page- or site-level variables with other strings.

For example, social media sharing with [Twitter Cards][cards] requires the following `meta` link in your site's `<head>` to display Twitter's ["Summary Card with Large Image"][twtsummary]:

```
<meta name="twitter:image" content="http://example.com/images/my-twitter-image.jpg">
```

Let's assume you have an `image` field in the front matter of each of your content files:

```
---
title: My Post
image: my-post-image.jpg
---
```

You can then concatenate the `image` value (string) with the path to your `images` directory in `static` and leverage a URL-related templating function for increased flexibility:

{{< code file="partials/head/twitter-card.html" >}}
{{$socialimage := add "images/" .Params.image}}
<meta name="twitter:image" content="{{ $socialimage | absURL }}">
{{< /code >}}

{{% note %}}
The `add` example above makes use of the [`absURL` function](/functions/absurl/). `absURL` and its relative companion `relURL` is the recommended way to construct URLs in Hugo.
{{% /note %}}

[cards]: https://dev.twitter.com/cards/overview
[twtsummary]: https://dev.twitter.com/cards/types/summary-large-image