 | John Hunter (of Uxbridge.) - 1847 - 266 pages
...therefore, is 4 hund., 8 tens, 3 units. Accordingly, whenever the value of a figure in the upper Hue is greater than that of the figure to be subtracted,...lower. The number to be lessened is called the minuend; and the number to be subtracted, the subtrahend. The reason of the Eule of Subtraction is obviously... | |
 | William Seneca Sutton - Arithmetic - 1892 - 144 pages
...how many turkeys has he ? Subtraction is the process of finding the difference between two numbers. The number to be lessened is called the Minuend. The number to be subtracted is called the Subtrahend. The result obtained is called the Difference, or Remainder. The sign of Subtraction... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1903 - 366 pages
...or of finding the difference between two numbers. The number from which another is to be subtracted is called the minuend ; the number to be subtracted the subtrahend ; and the number left after subtraction, the difference or remainder. 23. The sign of subtraction ( — )... | |
 | William Seneca Sutton, William Herschel Bruce - Arithmetic - 1906 - 296 pages
...have 17 ; how many turkeys has he ? 251. In Subtraction we find the difference between two numbers. The number to be lessened is called the Minuend. The number to be subtracted is called the Subtrahend. The result obtained is called the Difference or Remainder. The sign of Subtraction... | |
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Subtraction is the process of finding the difference between two numbers. The number to be lessened is called the Minuend. The number to be subtracted is called the Subtrahend. 