 | Archibald Sandeman - Arithmetic - 1859 - 90 pages
...to subtract the less ; that is, hating given a number and also apart of it to find the other part. The number to be subtracted is called the subtrahend, the number from which it is to be subtracted the minuend, and the number which together with the subtrahend makes up the... | |
 | Robert Johnston (F.R.G.S.) - 1860 - 188 pages
...Лиs. 989117. SUBTRACTION. 2O. SUBTRACTION teaches to find the difference between any two numbers. The number to be subtracted is called the SUBTRAHEND ; the number from which the SUBTRAHEND is to taken is called the MINUEND. The result or answer in this rule is called the remainder, difference,... | |
 | Robert Johnston (F.R.G.S.) - 1863 - 254 pages
...figure. SUBTRACTION. 16. SUBTRACTION is the process of finding the difference between any two numbers. The number to be subtracted is called the Subtrahend ; the number from which the Subtrahend is to be taken is called the Minuend. The result or answer is called the Remainder in commercial arithmetic,... | |
 | Edward Olney - Arithmetic - 1875 - 338 pages
...many ? 2. Five and 3 make what ? 42. Taking one number from (ie out of) another is called Subtraction. The number to be subtracted is called the Subtrahend. The number from which the Subtrahend is to be taken is called the Minuend. What is left of the Minuend after the Subtrahend has been taken out is... | |
 | Edward Olney - Arithmetic - 1879 - 404 pages
...For $11.51? ECTION V. 47. Subtraction is a process of taking one number froir. (ie, out of) another. The number to be subtracted is called the Subtrahend. The number from which the Subtrahend is to be taken is called the Minuend. What is left of the Minuend after thu Subtrahend has been taken out is... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth, Thomas Hill - Arithmetic - 1881 - 446 pages
...is placed is to be subtracted. For example, 8 — 5 = 3 is read, 8 minus 5 equals 3 ; 17-8 = 9. 59. The number to be subtracted is called the subtrahend ; the number from which it is taken is the minuend ; the number left is the difference, or remainder. 60. Count fifty backward.... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth, Thomas Hill - Arithmetic - 1882 - 376 pages
...is placed is to be subtracted. For example, 8 — 5 = 3 is read, 8 minus 5 equals 3 ; 17-8 = 9. 59. The number to be subtracted is called the subtrahend ; the number from which it is taken, the minnend ; the resulting number is called the difference or remainder. 60. Count 50... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - Arithmetic - 1888 - 392 pages
...is placed is to be subtracted. For example, 8 — 5 = 3 is read, 8 minus 5 equals 3; 17-8 = 9. 59. The number to be subtracted is called the subtrahend ; the number from which it is taken, the minuend; the resulting number is called the difference or remainder. 60. Count 50... | |
 | William Seneca Sutton - 1896 - 342 pages
...between two equal numbers is 0, or zero.) 25. The number to be subtracted is called the Subtrahend. 26. The number from which the Subtrahend is to be subtracted is called the Minuend. 27. The result obtained is called the Difference, or the Remainder. (I) In finding how much one number... | |
 | Metal-work - 1901 - 548 pages
...before it. Thus, 12 — 7 is read twelve minus seven and means that 7 is to be subtracted from 12. 17. The number to be subtracted is called the subtrahend, the number from which the subtrahend is taken is called the minuend, and the result is called the remainder, or difference. In the example... | |
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The number to be subtracted is called the Subtrahend. The number from which the subtrahend is to be subtracted is called the Minuend. The result is called the Remainder or Difference. 21. The symbol —, read "minus" or "less, 
