If difference is taken to mean the first number minus the second then the answer can be positive or negative (or zero if the two numbers are the same). For example: the difference between -5 and -3 is -2 while the difference between -3 and -5 is +2.
No. You can subtract two whole numbers and get a negative result. Whole numbers can't be negative.
The difference between a positive integer and a negative integer is ALWAYS positive.Suppose X and Y are positive so that -Y is negative,The the difference two numbers, A and B is A - B so the difference between X and (-Y) is X - (-Y) which equals X + Y. The sum of two positive numbers is always positive.
the difference is also doubled
-7 and 4?
No.
The difference between two numbers is the result of a subtraction. This can be either positive or negative.
Put all the numbers - zero, positive, negative - on a number line. Positive numbers to the left, negative numbers to the right. The difference between any two numbers is represented by the distance between them. Thus putting numbers on a number line is a great visualization tool.
The difference between two numbers is the result of a subtraction. This can be either positive or negative, depending on which number is greater.
The difference between ANY two numbers that are different, is positive. For example, the difference between -5 and -3 is 2. You can move two whole numbers either up from -5, or down from -3, on the number line.
That statement is false. For example, (-2) - (-3) = 1 which is a positive number created from two negative numbers when subtracted.
You get the difference between the sizes of the two numbers without regard for their sign, and the difference has the same sign as the larger of the two original numbers.
Formally, the difference between two numbers, x and y, is abs(x - y) which is never negative. If the two numbers are the same then the difference is 0 else it is positive. If you define the difference as x - y then it is positive if x > y, 0 if x = y and negative if x < y.
If difference is taken to mean the first number minus the second then the answer can be positive or negative (or zero if the two numbers are the same). For example: the difference between -5 and -3 is -2 while the difference between -3 and -5 is +2.
You require a pair of negative numbers in which the second has a larger magnitude.For example,8 > 5Then the difference between the negative of the second number and the negative of the first is-5 - (-8) = -5 + 8 = +3
No. You can subtract two whole numbers and get a negative result. Whole numbers can't be negative.
Subtract the two numbers to get their difference.