 | Dana Pond Colburn - 1858 - 288 pages
...the one from which we subtract, is called the MINUEND; the smaller number, or the number subtracted, is called the SUBTRAHEND; and the result is called the DIFFERENCE or REMAINDER. ILLUSTRATIONS. — In "3 from 7 leaves 4," or "7 — 3 = 4," 7 is the minuend, 3 is the subtrahend,... | |
 | James Stewart Eaton - 1862 - 320 pages
...number of the same kind, to find their difference, The greater number is called the MINUEND ; the less number is called the SUBTRAHEND ; and the result is called the DIFFERENCE Or REMAINDER. Ex. 1. Arthur had 7 apples, but he has given 4 of them to Mary; how many apples has he now ? Ans. 3;... | |
 | James Stewart Eaton - Arithmetic - 1864 - 322 pages
...number of the same kind, to find their difference. The greater number is called the MINUEND; the less number is called the SUBTRAHEND ; and the result is called the DIFFERENCE Or REMAINDER. Ex. 1. Arthur had 7 apples, but he has given 4 of them to Mary ; how many apples has he now ? Ans.... | |
 | James Stewart Eaton - Arithmetic - 1876 - 366 pages
...number of the same kind, to find their difference. The greater number is called the MINUEND ; the less number is called the SUBTRAHEND ; and the result is called the DIFFERENCE ОГ REMAINDER. Ex. 1. Arthur had 7 apples, but he has given 4 of them to Mary ; how many apples has... | |
 | William Frothingham Bradbury - 1882 - 416 pages
...difference between two numbers of the same kind. 45. The greater number is called the Minuend ; the less number is called the Subtrahend ; and the result is called the Difference or Remainder. 46. The sign of subtraction, — , called minus, signifies that the number after it is to be taken... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - Arithmetic - 1893 - 242 pages
...smaller number from a larger one is called Subtraction. The result is called the remainder or difference. The larger number is called the minuend. The smaller number is called the subtrahend. In subtraction the numbers must denote units of the same kind. We cannot subtract 5 apples from 7 pears.... | |
 | Edwin Pliny Seaver, George Augustus Walton - Arithmetic - 1895 - 252 pages
...units. 2 tens from 3 tens leaves Iten. Ans. 13 splints. When a number is subtracted from another number, the larger number is called the minuend. The smaller number is called the subtrahend. The part of the minuend left after the subtrahend is taken away is the remainder. In the example above,... | |
 | Edwin Pliny Seaver, George Augustus Walton - Arithmetic - 1895 - 238 pages
...units. 2 tens from 3 tens leaves Iten. Ans. 13 splints. When a number is subtracted from another number, the larger number is called the minuend. The smaller number is called the subtrahend. The part of the minuend left after the subtrahend is taken away is the remainder. In the example above,... | |
 | William Frothingham Bradbury - Arithmetic - 1895 - 200 pages
...difference between two numbers of the same kind. 34. The greater number is called the Minuend; the less number is called the Subtrahend; and the result is called the Difference or Remainder. 35. The sign of subtraction, — , called minus, signifies that the number after it is to be taken... | |
 | Henry Holmes Belfield, Sarah Catherine Brooks - Arithmetic - 1898 - 272 pages
...37642 97689 988 95 897 3777 49877 9480 77658 47 407 642 4738 79988 84976 7865 1. 6384 1945 4889 6834 The larger number is called the Minuend. The smaller number is called the Subtrahend. The result is the Difference or Remainder. The addition of the difference and the subtrahend should... | |
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The greater number is called the MINUEND ; the less number is called the SUBTRAHEND ; and the result is called the DIFFERENCE Or REMAINDER. 
