Question

Tasha believes that she can rewrite the difference 120 - 36 as a product of the greatest common factor of the two numbers and other difference is she correct explain your answer

Answer 1

Tasha is correct. The simple subtraction problem 120 - 36 can be rewritten as

120 - 36

=(10 x 12) - (3 x 12)

= 7 x 12 = 84