Difference between -28 and +3

What is the Difference between -28 and +3? In other words, what is the Difference between negative 28 and positive 3?

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 -28 and +3 is the distance between -28 and +3 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 -28 and +3. Step 1 is to subtract +3 from -28, and Step 2 is to find the absolute value of the Step 1 answer. Here is the math to illustrate better:

(-28) - (+3) = -31
|-31| = 31

That's it! The Difference between -28 and +3 is as follows:

31

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