 Reduce the fractions to equivalent fractions having the lowest common denominator. Subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend.  Shorter Course in Algebra - Page 99by George Albert Wentworth - 1887 - 250 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 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 numerator of the minuend, and place the remainder over the common denominator. Let the pupil, in doing the sums, use the signs... | |
 | Frederick Emerson - Arithmetic - 1834 - 300 pages
...reduce it to a simple fraction, and if the two fractions have different denominators, reduce them to a common denominator. Subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend, and place the remainder over the common denominator. When the minuend is a mixed number, and the fraction... | |
 | Frederick Emerson - 1840 - 302 pages
...reduce it to a simple fraction, and if the two fractions have different denominators, reduce them to a common denominator. Subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend, and place the remainder over the common denominator. When the minuend is a mixed number, and the fraction... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Pliny Earle Chase - Arithmetic - 1848 - 244 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,... | |
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