liquidity and capital resources we maintained a strong financial position throughout 2018 and as of 30 september 2018 our consolidated balance sheet included cash and cash items of $ 2791.3 . we continue to have consistent access to commercial paper markets , and cash flows from operating and financing activities are expected to meet liquidity needs for the foreseeable future . as of 30 september 2018 , we had $ 995.1 of foreign cash and cash items compared to a total amount of cash and cash items of $ 2791.3 . as a result of the tax act , we currently do not expect that a significant portion of the earnings of our foreign subsidiaries and affiliates will be subject to u.s . income tax upon subsequent repatriation to the united states . depending on the country in which the subsidiaries and affiliates reside , the repatriation of these earnings may be subject to foreign withholding and other taxes . however , since we have significant current investment plans outside the u.s. , it is our intent to permanently reinvest the majority of our foreign cash and cash items that would be subject to additional taxes outside the u.s . refer to note 22 , income taxes , for additional information . our cash flows from operating , investing , and financing activities from continuing operations , as reflected in the consolidated statements of cash flows , are summarized in the following table: .

2018: operating activities: 2554.7
investing activities: -1649.1
financing activities: -1359.8
2017: operating activities: 2534.1
investing activities: -1417.7
financing activities: -2040.9
2016: operating activities: 2258.8
investing activities: -864.8
financing activities: -860.2

operating activities for the year ended 2018 , cash provided by operating activities was $ 2554.7 . income from continuing operations of $ 1455.6 was adjusted for items including depreciation and amortization , deferred income taxes , impacts from the tax act , undistributed earnings of unconsolidated affiliates , share-based compensation , and noncurrent capital lease receivables . other adjustments of $ 131.6 include a $ 54.9 net impact from the remeasurement of intercompany transactions . the related hedging instruments that eliminate the earnings impact are included as a working capital adjustment in other receivables or payables and accrued liabilities . in addition , other adjustments were impacted by cash received from the early termination of a cross currency swap of $ 54.4 , as well as the excess of pension expense over pension contributions of $ 23.5 . the working capital accounts were a use of cash of $ 265.4 , primarily driven by payables and accrued liabilities , inventories , and trade receivables , partially offset by other receivables . the use of cash in payables and accrued liabilities of $ 277.7 includes a decrease in customer advances of $ 145.7 primarily related to sale of equipment activity and $ 67.1 for maturities of forward exchange contracts that hedged foreign currency exposures . the use of cash in inventories primarily resulted from the purchase of helium molecules . in addition , inventories reflect the noncash impact of our change in accounting for u.s . inventories from lifo to fifo . the source of cash from other receivables of $ 123.6 was primarily due to the maturities of forward exchange contracts that hedged foreign currency exposures for the year ended 2017 , cash provided by operating activities was $ 2534.1 . income from continuing operations of $ 1134.4 included a goodwill and intangible asset impairment charge of $ 162.1 , an equity method investment impairment charge of $ 79.5 , and a write-down of long-lived assets associated with restructuring of $ 69.2 . refer to note 5 , cost reduction and asset actions ; note 8 , summarized financial information of equity affiliates ; note 10 , goodwill ; and note 11 , intangible assets , of the consolidated financial statements for additional information on these charges . other adjustments of $ 165.4 included changes in uncertain tax positions and the fair value of foreign exchange contracts that hedge intercompany loans as well as pension contributions and expense . the working capital accounts were a source of cash of $ 48.0 that were primarily driven by payables and accrued liabilities and other receivables , partially offset by other working capital and trade receivables . the increase in payables and accrued liabilities of $ 163.8 was primarily due to timing differences related to payables and accrued liabilities and an increase in customer advances of $ 52.8 primarily related to sale of equipment activity . the source of cash from other receivables of $ 124.7 was primarily due to the maturities of forward exchange contracts that hedged foreign currency exposures . other working capital was a use of cash of $ 154.0 , primarily driven by payments for income taxes . trade receivables was a use of cash of $ 73.6 which is primarily due to timing differences. .

Questions:
what was the difference in cash provided by operating activities and the cash used for investing activities in 2018?
and the cash used for financing activities during that time?
and the net cash from operations?

Answers:
905.6
1359.8
-454.2