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The number being subtracted is the [[subtrahend]], the number being subtracted from is the [[minuend]]. | The number being subtracted is the [[subtrahend]], the number being subtracted from is the [[minuend]]. | ||
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Latest revision as of 22:55, August 5, 2014
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 -3 and -9 is: <math> -3 - (-9) = 6 </math>
Another way of putting it, is that the difference is the absolute value of subtracting either number from the other.
<math>\left |4 - 2 \right | = \left |2-4 \right | = 2</math>
The number being subtracted is the subtrahend, the number being subtracted from is the minuend.