Difference between +25 and -30

What is the Difference between +25 and -30? In other words, what is the Difference between positive 25 and negative 30?

To solve this math problem, start by picturing a horizontal number line that starts with negative infinity on the left and ends with positive infinity on the right:

∞ ..... -3, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2, +3, .... ∞

The Difference between +25 and -30 is the distance between +25 and -30 on our number line above. Thus, the Difference between two numbers will always be a positive number.

It is a two-step process to calculate the Difference between +25 and -30. Step 1 is to subtract -30 from +25, and Step 2 is to find the absolute value of the Step 1 answer. Here is the math to illustrate better:

(+25) - (-30) = 55
|55| = 55

That's it! The Difference between +25 and -30 is as follows:

55

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Difference between +25 and -29
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