 | Leonhard Euler - Algebra - 1821 - 380 pages
...substitute for them, |£ and £| ; whence we may conclude that | exceeds |, but only by ^L. 99. When it is required to subtract a fraction from an integer,...required, for example, to subtract | from 1, we write f instead ef l, and say that | taken from | leaves the remainder -J. So T*T, subtracted from 1, leaves... | |
 | Silvestre François Lacroix - Arithmetic - 1825 - 404 pages
...substitute for them, £| and || ; whence we may conclude that 4 exceeds |, hut only by ^. 99. When it is required to subtract a fraction from an integer,...subtract | from 1, we write -| instead of 1, and say that j taken from | leaves the remainder 1. So -j*T, subtracted from 1, leaves T7T. If it were required... | |
 | Peirpont Edward Bates Botham - Arithmetic - 1837 - 252 pages
...common denominator 60; that is to say, we shall have -V^, or three integers, and ff, or 3^. 77. When it is required to subtract a fraction from an integer,...same denominator as the fraction to be subtracted ; the rest of the operation is performed without any difficulty. If it ha required, for example, to... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1846 - 354 pages
...from a whole number t 1 3O. To subtract a fraction from a whole number. Change the whole number to a fraction having the same denominator as the fraction to be subtracted, and proceed as before. (Art. 128.) Oss. If the fraction to be subtracted is a proper fraction, we may... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1846 - 402 pages
...subtracted from a whole number? 1 30. To subtract a fraction from a whole number. Change the whole number to a fraction having the same denominator as the fraction to be subtracted, and proceed as before. (Art. 128.) OBs. If the fraction to be subtracted is a proper fraction, we may... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1846 - 362 pages
...number ? 130. How is a 1 3O. To subtract a fraction from a whole number. Change the whole number to a fraction having the same denominator as the fraction to be subtracted, and proceed as before. (Art. 128.) OBS. If the fraction to be subtracted is a proper fraction, we may... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1847 - 426 pages
...Ans. Jf-, or 4-J-. Hence, 2O8. To subtract a fraction from a whole number. Change the whole number to a fraction having the same denominator as the fraction to be subtracted, and proceed as before. (Art. 197. Obs. 2.) OBS. If the fraction to be subtracted is a proper fraction,... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1848 - 434 pages
...Ans. *£-, or 4^. Hence, 2O8. To subtract a fraction from a whole number. Change the whole number to a fraction having the same denominator as the fraction to be subtracted, and proceed as before. (Art. 197. Obs. 2.) OBS. If the fraction to be subtracted is a proper fraction,... | |
 | John Hunter (of Uxbridge.) - 1866 - 266 pages
...proper fraction from a whole number, suppose one unit of the whole number to be expressed in the form of a fraction, having the same denominator as the fraction to be subtracted, and then annex to the remaining integer the difference of the fractions. Ex. (2) From 75 subtract ^.... | |
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We shall have to substitute for them, £| and || ; whence we may conclude that 4 exceeds |, hut only by ^. 99. When it is required to subtract a fraction from an integer, it is sufficient to change one of the units of that integer into a fraction having... 