How do you subtract #5.8- 28.37#?

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SCooke
Mar 5, 2018

#-22.57#

Explanation:

Addition and subtraction may be understood best by using a numberline. Basically, "negative" moves to the left (subtraction) and "positive" move to the right (addition). The ORDER doesn't matter at all.

In this case the larger number is negative, so the result will be negative as well.
#5.8 - 28.37 = -22.57#

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