The minimum difference is 2 years, because the math teacher is over 30 years old, and the maximum is 39 years old, while the Chinese teacher is over 40 years old, and the minimum is 4 1 year, so the minimum difference is 4 1-39 = 2 (years old), so subtraction is used.
Subtraction part name: minuend = difference+subtraction part name: minuend = difference+subtraction.