sum + difference

Question

what is the most easiest way to work out the sum of 2 numbers, and the differance?

Answer 1

To find the difference you will subtract the smaller number from the larger number. This will give you a positive number.

If you subtract the larger number from a smaller number you will find a difference in a negative number.

To find the sum of two numbers, you will add the numbers together to get the sum.

Answer 2

To get the sum of two numbers, you add them together. To get the difference, you subtract.

Answer 3

Hi Camilla,

To find the sum of two numbers, add them together.

To find the difference between two numbers, subtract them from one another.

*Subtracting the smaller number from the larger number will give you a positive whole number for your answer.

*Subtracting the larger number from the smaller number will give you a negative number for your answer.