What is the absolute difference of 5 and 2?
Define Absolute Difference
The distance on a number line between 2 values.
|x - y|
Draw these points on a number line:
Absolute Difference Steps:
Subtract the second number from the first
Take the absolute value of this subtraction (Positive Result
Plug in a = 5 and b = 2
Absolute Difference = |a - b|
Absolute Difference = |5 - 2|
Absolute Difference = |3|
Absolute Difference = 3
Final Answer
Absolute Difference = 3
Test Your Knowledge?
- What are the 2 steps of finding the absolute difference?
- Will an absolute value be negative or positive?
What is the Answer?
Absolute Difference = 3
How does the Absolute Difference Calculator work?
Free Absolute Difference Calculator - Calculates the absolute difference between 2 numbers. Also known as positive difference
This calculator has 2 inputs.
This calculator has 2 inputs.
What 1 formula is used for the Absolute Difference Calculator?
Absolute Difference = |x - y|
What 3 concepts are covered in the Absolute Difference Calculator?
- absolute difference
- The distance on a number line between 2 values.
|x - y| - absolute value
- A positive number representing the distance from 0 on a number line
- subtraction
- math operation involving the difference of elements
