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2.4 Subtraction of Real Numbers

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Instructions
Find the difference. When answering, put no spaces in your answer, especially between a negative sign and a number.
Question 1
1.

Match the following output to it's mathmatical operation.

  • Sum
  • Difference
  • Subtraction
  • Addition
Question 2
2.

Will the answer be positive or negative?
23 + (-10)

Question 3
3.

Will the answer be positive or negative?
-15 + (37)

Question 4
4.

Will the answer be positive or negative?
-80 + (-45)

Question 5
5.

Will the answer be positive or negative?
67 + (-34)

Question 6
6.

4-9

Question 7
7.

6-(-3)

Question 8
8.

-8-(-5)

Question 9
9.

-2-9

Question 10
10.

-10-5

Question 11
11.

25-(-14)

Question 12
12.

-1-5-8

Question 13
13.

2-(-4)-7

Question 14
14.

4-(-3)-(-5)

Question 15
15.

46-17-(-2)

Question 16
16.

-15 -16 -81

Question 17
17.

11- (-23) -77

Question 18
18.

9.6-6.5

Question 19
19.

-3-1.7

Question 20
20.

5.14 - (-3)

Question 21
21.

-23 - 12 - 9

Question 22
22.

88 - (-15)

The daily closing prices for a company's stock are given in the table. Find the change in the closing price since the previous day.
Question 23
23.

What is the change on Sept.12?

Do not use a dollar sign.
Question 24
24.

What is the change on Sept. 13?
Do not use a dollar sign.

Question 25
25.

What is the change on Sept. 14?
Do not use a dollar sign.

Question 26
26.

What is the change on Sept. 15?
Do not use a dollar sign.

Question 27
27.

At the county fair, Friday's attendance was 3,294. On Sunday, the attdenance was 2,930. What is the amount of change between the two days.
Remember, if the amount drops, use a negative value.

Question 28
28.

The band is selling raffle tickets and on their first day of sales sold a total of $325. On the second day, they collect $675. Calculate the amount of change between the two days.
Remember, if the amount drops, use a negative value.

Question 29
29.

A video game store is taking pre-orders for this season's big game release. When pre-orders opened Thursday morning, they sold 135 games. On Friday, they sold another 83. What is the amount of change between the first and second day of sales?
Remember, if the amount drops, use a negative value.

Question 30
30.

A video game company released their new app on last Tuesday. On that day, they had only 245 downloads. On the second day, they had 1,874. Calulate the amount of change between the first and second days of the app launch.
Remember, if the amount drops, use a negative value.

Question 31
31.

On a day of school last week, there were 495 students in the building. On the next day, there were 527 students in attendance. What's the difference in attendances from those two days?