Difference between revisions of "Difference"
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(New page: The '''Difference''' of two numbers is the number obtained when the lesser number is subtracted from the greater number. The difference of 4 and 2 is: <math> 4 - 2 = 2 </math> The differ...) |
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The '''Difference''' of two numbers is the number obtained when the lesser number is subtracted from the greater number. | The '''Difference''' of two numbers is the number obtained when the lesser number is subtracted from the greater number. | ||
| − | The difference of 4 and 2 is: <math> 4 - 2 = 2 </math> | + | :The difference of 4 and 2 is: <math> 4 - 2 = 2 </math> |
| − | The difference of -3 and -9 is: <math> -3 - (-9) = 6 </math> | + | :The difference of -3 and -9 is: <math> -3 - (-9) = 6 </math> |
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| + | Another way of putting it, is that the difference is the [[absolute value]] of subtracting either number from the other. | ||
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| + | <math>\left |4 - 2 \right | = \left |2-4 \right | = 2</math> | ||
Revision as of 18:49, May 11, 2007
The Difference of two numbers is the number obtained when the lesser number is subtracted from the greater number.
- The difference of 4 and 2 is:
- The difference of -3 and -9 is:
Another way of putting it, is that the difference is the absolute value of subtracting either number from the other.
