 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,  Junior High School Mathematics - Page 196by Walter Wilson Hart - 1922Full view - About this book
 | Robert Johnston (F.R.G.S.) - 1860 - 188 pages
...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
...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
...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... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1878 - 164 pages
...called SUBTRACTION. 2. The number we subtract is called the Subtrahend. The number we subtract from is called the Minuend. The result is called the Difference or Remainder. 8. The symbol — is the sign of subtraction, and is called minus. Thus 8 — 6 = 2 is read " 8 minus... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1878 - 138 pages
...called SUBTRACTION. 2. The number we subtract is called the Subtrahend. The number We subtract from is called the Minuend. The result is called the Difference or Remainder. 3. The symbol — is the sign of Hubtraction, and is called minus. Thus 8 — 6 = 2 is read " 8 minus... | |
 | Edward Olney - Arithmetic - 1879 - 404 pages
...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... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1893 - 124 pages
...called SUBTRACTION. 2. The number we subtract is called the Subtrahend. The number we subtract from is called the Minuend. The result is called the Difference or Remainder. 3. The symbol — is the sign of subtraction, and is called minus. Thus 8 — 6 = 2 is read "8 minus... | |
 | Webster Wells - Arithmetic - 1893 - 382 pages
...count downwards from 8 five units, as follows : 7, 6, 5, 4, 3 ; the result is 3. 20. 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... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1898 - 170 pages
...called -L SUBTRACTION. 2. The number we subtract is called the Subtrahend. The number we subtract from is called the Minuend. The result is called the Difference or Remainder. 8. The symbol — is the sign of subtraction, and is called minus. Thus 8 — 6 = 2 is read "8 minus... | |
 | Metal-work - 1901 - 548 pages
...— 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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