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Is the difference of two numbers always less than at least one of the numbers?
Immaweirdo
yes. for all positive, distinct numbers greater than 0
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The difference of two numbers is less than the greater number?
Not always: Consider 3 and 2: the difference is 3 - 2 = 1 < the larger Now consider 3 and 0: the difference is 3 - 0 = 3 = the larger Now consider 3 and -1: the difference is 3 - (-1) = 4 > the larger.
Is -12 greater less than or equal to 4?
-12 is less than 4 - the difference between the two numbers is 16.
Why are mersenne numbers always odd?
A Mersenne number is one less than a positive power of two. Since the positive power of two is always even, one less than that is always odd.
What is the difference between two consecutive prime numbers less than 100?
It can be 1, 2, 4, 6 or 8.
The greatest common factor of two numbers is 12 the least common multiple of the two is 144 the sum of the two is less than 144 what is the pair of numbers?
48 and 36
What is the difference of the least and greatest prime numbers less than 20?
19 - 2 = 17
What is the difference between the greatest prime number that is less than 60 and the least prime numbers?
59 - 2 = 57
What is the difference between the least prime number and the greatest prime numbers less than 100?
97-2=95 The answer is 95
Are negative numbers always less than their absolute value?
Negative numbers are always less than their absolute value.
What is the less common factor of 35 and 3?
The least common factor of any two or more positive numbers is always 1.
Is the difference between whole numbers always a whole number?
Difference of two whole number is not always a whole number.For any two whole numbers a & b, a - b = whole number only when a is greater than or equal to b.* * * * *Wrong!Even if a is less than b, the difference is still a whole number. Whole numbers can be negative.So the correct answer to the question is "YES".
Is the least common multiple of a pair of numbers ever less then both numbers?
No.
Give two prime numbers less than 7 whose difference is 2?
5 and 3 are two numbers less than 7, whose difference is 2.
Is the LCM always greater or less than the two numbers given?
The least common multiple of two numbers is always greater than or equal to the largest of the numbers. Examples:lcm(12, 6) = 12 (equal to the largest number)lcm(18, 12) = 36 (greater than the largest number)
Are numbers below 0.833 always irrational numbers?
No, numbers less than 0.833 are not always irrational. For instance, 0.2 isn't an irrational number
Is the least common multiple of two prime numbers less that the product of the two prime numbers?
No
Is it true that the difference of two numbers is less then the greater number?
No. The difference of +7 and -1 is 8 .
