How do I find the difference?

How do I find the difference?

To find the difference between two numbers, subtract the number with the smallest value from the number with the largest value. The product of this sum is the difference between the two numbers. Therefore the difference between 45 and 100 is 55.

What happens when you add a negative to a positive?

When you are adding a negative number to a positive number you are effectively subtracting the second number from the first. For example, take 4 + (-2).

How do you find the difference between two negative numbers?

To find the difference between two negative numbers, ignore the negative signs and subtract the smallest number from the largest. Here is an example of finding the difference between two positive numbers, 5 and 2. We can see this difference on a number line by finding the two numbers and counting the number of jumps between them.

What are positive and negative numbers on a number line?

Negative Numbers on a Number Line The numbers to the right of zero on a number line are called positive numbers. Positive numbers are greater than zero and get larger as we move further to the right on the number line. Negative numbers are to the left of zero on a number line.

How many negative numbers can you multiply to get a negative?

You cannot multiply a number by itself to get a negative number. To get a negative number, you need one negative and one positive number. The rule works the same way when you have more than two numbers to multiply or divide. An even number of negative numbers will give a positive answer.

What is the difference between standard numbers and negative numbers?

Standard numbers, anything greater than zero, are described as ‘positive’ numbers. We don’t put a plus sign (+) in front of them because we don’t need to since the general understanding is that numbers without a sign are positive. Numbers that are less than zero are known as ‘negative’ numbers.