The two numbers used to find a difference are actually called the minuend and the subtrahend, although those terms are very antiquated.
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Do you know how to find the area of a circle when you know the radius ? Good! Do that. Do you know how to find the area of a square when you know the length of the side ? Good! Do that. Now you have two numbers ... the area of the circle and the area of the square. The problem wants you to find the difference of these two numbers. Do you know how to use subtraction to find the difference of two numbers ? Good! Do that.
1/9? no; 2/8? yes...
use compatible numbers to estimate each difference 84-36