 | Robert Wahl, Max Henius - Brewing - 1902 - 1288 pages
...fractions, reduce the fractions to equivalent frac•:ons with a common denominator, subtract the numeratot of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend,...under the difference write the common denominator. Subtract ft from ft = ff from JJ — ft a. To subtract mixed numbers, subtract first the fractions... | |
 | William Estabrook Chancellor - Arithmetic - 1902 - 264 pages
...First we reduce the fractions to equivalent fractions having the lowest common denominator. Then we subtract the numerator 'of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend, and write the result over the denominator. 2. Find the value of: Ш - Л- '*. Tv I - i- A. if II - il-... | |
 | Arthur William Potter - Algebra - 1904 - 182 pages
...its lowest terms. RULE. To subtract fractions, reduce them, if necessary, to a common denominator, subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend, and write the difference over the common denominator. As in arithmetic, if the quantities are mixed quantities,... | |
 | Webster Wells - Algebra - 1904 - 642 pages
...denominator is the common denominator. To subtract tico rational fractions which have a common denominator, subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend, and make the result the numerator of a fraction whose denominator is the common denominator. If the fractions... | |
 | John William Hopkins, Patrick Healy Underwood - Algebra - 1904 - 272 pages
...subtract one fraction from another fraction, first, reduce them to the same denomination ; second, subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend, and write the result over the common denominator. 2 x _ 2 --- -• The LCM of x and x + 3 is x(x + 3).... | |
 | Herbert Edwin Hawkes, William Arthur Luby, Frank Charles Touton - Algebra - 1910 - 374 pages
...If two fractions have the same denominator, their difference is the fraction obtained by subtracting the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend and writing the result over their common denominator. ., .523 .a Ъ nb For example, = - , and = tit с... | |
 | Joseph W Wilson (Mathematician) - 1910 - 316 pages
...,*20. *-±* + ^=У. SECTION XXXVI. Subtraction of Fractions. PREPARE the fractions as in addition. Subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend. Set down the result over the common denominator. EXAMPLES. ft -_ ид, fm L -g 1. Subtract — - —... | |
 | John William Hopkins, Patrick Healy Underwood - Algebra - 1912 - 362 pages
...subtract one fraction from another fraction, first, reduce them to the same denomination ; second, subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend, and •write the result over the common denominator. Example 1. Simplify -- x~ • У/ X -|~ О The L.... | |
 | 1914 - 536 pages
...f|; JS is the minuend and ^a is the subtrahend. The remainder j[| is obtained simply by subtracting the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend and placing the common denominator as the denominator of the remainder. Example: Find the difference between... | |
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Subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend, and place the difference over the common denominator. 
