 | John Edward King - Business mathematics - 1891 - 254 pages
...— I. Change the given fractions to equivalent fractions having the least common denominator. 11. Subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend and write tJie result over the common denominator. EXAMPLES. 182. Find the difference between 1. \ and... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1892 - 428 pages
...required difference. RULE. — I. When necessary, reduce the fractions to a common denominator. II. Subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the...place the difference over the common denominator. 9. From \ take -J. -4ns. -i^. 10. From ^-| take \. Ans. -fa. 12. Subtract -fa from -i^. Ans. 13. Subtract... | |
 | William James Milne - Algebra - 1892 - 370 pages
...then add their results. RULE FOR SUBTRACTION. — Reduce the given fractions to similar fractions. Subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend, and place the result over the common denominator. When there are entire or mixed quantities, subtract the entire... | |
 | John Williston Cook, Nebraska C. Cropsey - Arithmetic - 1893 - 316 pages
...numbers. To subtract fractions : Change the fractions to equivalent fractions having a common denominator. Subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend, and write the difference over the common denominator. Subtract : f - i = ? f - it = ? Л - Î = ? A - Î... | |
 | 1893 - 252 pages
...— I. Change the given fractions to equivalent fractions having the least common denominator. II. Subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend and write the result over the common denominator. 183. To subtract mixed numbers. EXAMPLE.— From 18f... | |
 | Oscar F. Williams - Arithmetic - 1894 - 364 pages
...a result. Rule.—Reduce the given fractions to equivalent fractions leaving q common denominator. Subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend, and write the result over the denominator. REMARK.—Improper fractions may be treated in like manner.... | |
 | Bothwell Graham - Arithmetic - 1895 - 240 pages
...denominator. RULE FOR SUBTRACTION. — Reduce the fractions to similar fractions when necessart| ; then subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from...numerator of the minuend and place the difference thus found over the common denominator. Perform the indicated operations upon the following : 2. Ü... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1895 - 526 pages
...remainder. RULE. — I. To subtract fractions. — Reduce the fractions to their least common denominator. Subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend, and place Uie difference of the new numerators over the common denominator. II. To subtract mixed numbers. —... | |
 | William Freeland - Algebra - 1895 - 328 pages
...169. Subtraction of Fractions : Reduce the given fractions to fructions having a common denominator, subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend, and pluce the remainder over the common denominator. (1) Add the following fractions : 1 2 я? — а2... | |
 | George Washington Hull - Algebra - 1895 - 358 pages
...denominator. To subtract fractions, RULE. Reduce the fractions to their lowest common denominator, »ubtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend, and write the result over the common denominator. NOTE. — Always reduce the result to its simplest form.... | |
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Subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend, and place the difference over the common denominator. 
