10 Questions
What is subtraction?
Subtraction is an arithmetic operation that represents the removal of objects from a collection.
What is the difference between two numbers?
The difference between two numbers is the number that gives the first one when added to the second one.
Give an example of subtraction using peaches.
In the adjacent picture, there are 5 - 2 peaches, which means 5 peaches with 2 taken away, resulting in a total of 3 peaches.
What is the inverse relationship between subtraction and addition?
Subtraction is the inverse of addition. That is, c = a - b if and only if c + b = a.
What are some examples of quantities that can be subtracted?
Subtraction can represent removing or decreasing physical and abstract quantities using different kinds of objects including negative numbers, fractions, irrational numbers, vectors, decimals, functions, and matrices.
Subtraction is one of the four arithmetic operations along with addition, multiplication and ______.
division
Subtraction is an operation that represents removal of objects from a ______.
collection
The difference of 5 and 2 is 3; that is, 5 ______ 2 = 3.
−
Subtraction can also represent removing or decreasing physical and abstract quantities using different kinds of objects including negative numbers, fractions, irrational numbers, ______, decimals, functions, and matrices.
vectors
Subtraction is ______, meaning that c = a − b if and only if c + b = a.
anticommutative
Test your knowledge of subtraction with this quiz! Learn about the basic principles and concepts of subtraction and solve various subtraction problems to determine the correct difference. Challenge yourself and improve your arithmetic skills in this interactive quiz.
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