Subtraction Subtraction is the process of finding the difference between two numbers, or of finding what number must be added to a given number to equal a given sum. Complete Arithmetic - Page 9by Samuel Hamilton - 1909 - 463 pagesFull view - About this book
| Stoddard A. Felter - Arithmetic - 1864 - 430 pages
...Difference between two numbers is such a number as added to the less will make it equal the greater. 39. Subtraction is the process of finding the difference between two numbers, or of taking a less number from a greater. 40. The Minuend is the number from which to subtract. 41. The Subtrahend... | |
| Stoddard A. Felter - Arithmetic - 1866 - 338 pages
...addition, to be distributed and recited in the same way as before. SECTION III. SUBTRACTION. LESSON I. 31. Subtraction is the process of finding the difference between two numbers, or of taking a less number from a greater. 32. The Minuend is the number from which to subtract. 33. The Subtrahend... | |
| Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1874 - 352 pages
...numbers. The DiSferen.ee between two numbers is a number which added to the less will give the greater. The Minuend is the number from which we subtract. The Subtrahend is the number to be subtracted. The Sign of Subtraction is — , and is read minus. It denotes that the number on the right is to be subtracted... | |
| Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1876 - 344 pages
...number from another to find the difference. The Minnend is the number to be diminished. The Snbtrahend is the number to be subtracted. The Difference, or Remainder, is the result, or the number left after Subtraction. NOTE 1. — One number can be subtracted from another only when... | |
| Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1877 - 438 pages
...63. The Difference between two numbers is a number which added to the less, equals the greater. 64. The Minuend is the number from which we subtract. The Subtrahend is the number to be subtracted. 65. The. Sign of Subtraction is — , and is read minu*. It denotes that the number immediately following... | |
| Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1877 - 444 pages
...63. The Difference between two numbers is a number which added to the less, equals the greater. 64. The Minuend is the number from which we subtract. The Subtrahend is the number to be subtracted. 65. The Sign of Subtraction is — , and is read minus. It denotes that the number immediately following... | |
| Frederic William Bardwell - Arithmetic - 1878 - 416 pages
...(8). " 10001 « 7007.... " (9). " 98009 " 11111.... " (10). " 1666666 " 779589.... " ..... REVIEW V a. Subtraction is the process of finding the difference between two numbers, or of finding what must be added to one of two numbers that the sum shall equal the other. b. The minuend... | |
| George Albert Wentworth, Thomas Hill - Arithmetic - 1881 - 446 pages
...indicate addition. The sign (=) is read " is equal to," and is placed between expressions which are equal. Subtraction is the process of finding the difference between two numbers, or of finding the number that must be added to one of the two numbers in order ,that their sum shall be equal... | |
| George Albert Wentworth, Thomas Hill - Arithmetic - 1882 - 376 pages
...sign (=) is read " is.equal to," and is placed *?*• between expressions which are equal. v^ /„"> Subtraction is the process of finding the difference between two numbers, or of finding the number that must be added to oneof -tite two numbers in order that their • . -«^""""-... | |
| Education - 1883 - 930 pages
...hear of tens, hundreds, etc. While I am "up," I would say a few more "sassy" things. We are told that "Subtraction is the process of finding the difference between two numbers," or "t iking one number from another." I hold that subtraction is the process of taking from a number a... | |
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