Subtraction is a mathematical operation, which means the operation of deleting an object from a set. Its symbol is minus sign (? )。 For example, in the picture on the right, there are five? Two apples, five apples, two were taken away, leaving three apples. So 5? 2=3。 Subtraction is to remove or reduce physical quantities and abstract quantities with different objects (including negative numbers, fractions, irrational numbers, vectors, decimals, functions and matrices).