Difference between +53 and -10

What is the Difference between +53 and -10? In other words, what is the Difference between positive 53 and negative 10?

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 +53 and -10 is the distance between +53 and -10 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 +53 and -10. Step 1 is to subtract -10 from +53, and Step 2 is to find the absolute value of the Step 1 answer. Here is the math to illustrate better:

(+53) - (-10) = 63
|63| = 63

That's it! The Difference between +53 and -10 is as follows:

63

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