Question

What is the value of the subtraction of 5 from 4?

Answer 1

Hint: Subtraction in mathematics means you are taking something away from a group or number of things. Here you have to subtract 5 from 4 means 4 – 5.
When you subtract, what is left in the group becomes less.

Complete step-by-step answer:
Subtract 5 from 4.
So, when we subtract a small number to a larger number the answer will always be Negative.
Here, we get;
4 – 5 = -1 (we get a negative unit because here we are subtracting a larger number from a smaller number).

Note: Whenever there are two numbers connected with ‘from’ (example: Subtract 7 from 4) firstly we will write that number which is after ‘from’. It means we have to subtract 4 – 7 = -3.