First, subtract the numbers. The "difference" will be the absolute value of the answer. So, if the answer is a -27 then the difference will be |-27| or just 27.

This is because the "difference" is the number of spaces between these two numbers on the number line.

Instead of counting spaces (which is hard to do with large numbers) just create a subtraction problem and use the absolute value of that answer.

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