 | Catharine Esther Beecher - Arithmetic - 1833 - 296 pages
...what remains? Subtract T\ from fi. Subtract JT fr°m !£• RULE FOB SUBTRACTING VULOAE FRACTIONS. Subtract the numerator of the subtrahend, from the...and place the remainder over the common denominator. Let the pupil, in doing the sums, use the signs in this way. Subtract £ of a dollar from f . Ans.... | |
 | Frederick Emerson - Arithmetic - 1839 - 300 pages
...their numerators, so in subtraction of fractions we find the difference of their numerators. RULE. If either quantity be a compound fraction, reduce...denominator. Subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from tht numerator of the minuend, and place the remainder over the common denominator. When the minuend... | |
 | Frederick Emerson - Arithmetic - 1842 - 296 pages
...their numerators, so in subtraction of fractions we find the difference of their numerators. RULE. If either quantity be a compound fraction, reduce...have different denominators, reduce them to a common dfnominator. Subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from thi numerator of the minuend, and place... | |
 | George Roberts Perkins - Algebra - 1842 - 370 pages
...subtract one fraction from another. • . RULE. Reduce the fractions to a common denominator, then subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend, and place the difference over the common denominator. EXAMPLES. , -n 3x+a , 2x— a 1. From — _ subtract . —... | |
 | W. H. CRANK - Arithmetic - 1843 - 340 pages
...place the subtrahend after the minuend ; then we reduce the fractions to a common denominator, taking the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend, and subfixing the common denominator. We then obtain the improper fraction JjO- which we turn into a mixed... | |
 | William Scott - Algebra - 1844 - 568 pages
...of two fractions which have not the same denominator, Rule. Having reduced the fractions to the same denominator, subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend, and divide the remainder by the common denominator. Examples of the subtraction of algebraic fractions... | |
 | Pliny Earle Chase - 1844 - 258 pages
...12§ subtrahend. Therefore, to subtract fractions, Reduce both fractions to a common denominator, and subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend. If the numerator of the minuend is less than that of the subtrahend, increase it by the denominator,... | |
 | Pliny Earle Chase - Arithmetic - 1844 - 246 pages
...12| subtrahend. Therefore, to subtract fractions, Reduce both fractions to a common denominator, and subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend. If the numerator of the minuend is less than that of the subtrahend, increase it by the denominator,... | |
 | Algebra - 1847 - 386 pages
...subtract one fractional quantity from another. RULE. I. Reduce the fractions to a common denominator. 11. Subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend, and place the difference over the common denominator. EXAMPLES. * x — a 2a — 4x 1. Find the difference of the... | |
 | George Roberts Perkins - Algebra - 1848 - 234 pages
...(47.) To subtract one fraction from another. 4 RULE. Reduce the fractions to a common denominator, then subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend, and place the difference over the common denominator. EXAMPLES. 3x+a 2x — a 1. From — - — - subtract — ^... | |
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Subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend, and place the difference over the common denominator. 
