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" 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 15
by Samuel Hamilton - 1908 - 463 pages
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A High School Arithmetic (Wentworth & Hill's Practical Arithmetic)

George Albert Wentworth - Arithmetic - 1888 - 392 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...
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The Normal Elementary Arithmetic: Embracing a Course of Easy and Progressive ...

Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1893 - 228 pages
...number which, added to the smaller, equals the greater. The Difference is also called the Remainder. 31. The Minuend is the number from which we subtract. The Subtrahend is the number to be subtracted. 32. The siffn of Subtraction is —, and is read minus. It denotes that the number after the sign is...
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Elements of Arithmetic: For Primary and Intermediate Classes in Public and ...

William James Milne - Arithmetic - 1893 - 252 pages
...many are 13 less 6 ? 17 less 9 ? 18 less 9 ? 8. What have you been doing with the above numbers ? 74. The process of finding the difference between two numbers, or of taking part of a number from it and finding how many are left, is called Subtraction. 75. The number from...
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An Elementary Arithmetic: With Oral and Written Exercises

George Washington Hull - Arithmetic - 1894 - 204 pages
...one next in size. DEFINITIONS. 22. Subtraction is the process of taking a less number from a greater. The Minuend is the number from which we subtract The...Subtrahend is the number to be subtracted. The Difference is the result obtained by subtracting. 23. The Sign of Subtraction is —, and is read minus. When...
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A Complete Arithmetic: With Oral and Written Exercises

George Washington Hull - Arithmetic - 1895 - 408 pages
...J> -I _1 J. _£ DEFINITIONS. 17. Subtraction is the process of taking a less number from a greater. The Minuend is the number from which we subtract....Subtrahend is the number to be subtracted. The Difference is the result obtained by subtracting. 18. The Sign of Subtraction is — . It is read minus. It shows...
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The Normal Standard Arithmetic: By Analysis and Induction, Designed for ...

Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1895 - 424 pages
...49. The Difference between two numbers is a number which added to the less equals the greater. 50. The Minuend is the number from which we subtract. The Subtrahend is the number to be subtracted. 51. The Sign of Subtraction is — , and is read minus. It denotes that the number immediately following...
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Junior Arithmetic: A Text Book for Fourth and Fifth Year Pupils

Charles Edward White - Arithmetic - 1895 - 254 pages
...8 11 18 SUBTRACTION. Subtraction is the process of finding the difference between two like numbers. The Minuend is the number from which we subtract. The Subtrahend is the number subtracted. The result in subtraction is called the Difference or Remainder. How can you find the minuend...
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Higher Book

William Seneca Sutton - 1896 - 342 pages
...be deducted (or subtracted) from the larger number, the remainder will equal the smaller number. 24. Subtraction is the process of finding the difference between, two numbers : Or, it is the process for finding what remains of one number out of which another number is taken. (Subtraction...
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Intermediate Arithmetic: By William J. Milne ...

William James Milne - Arithmetic - 1900 - 236 pages
...many are 13 less 6 ? 17 less 9 ? 18 less 9 ? 8. What have you been doing with the above numbers ? 42. The process of finding the difference between two numbers, or of taking part of a number from it and finding how many are left, is called Subtraction. 43. The number from...
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The Foundations of Higher Arithmetic

Benjamin Franklin Sisk - Arithmetic - 1905 - 224 pages
...are taken from the census of 1900. II. SUBTRACTION 41. Subtraction (Latin subtrahere, to take away) is the process of finding the difference between two numbers, or of taking one number from another of the same kind. 42. The minuend (Latin minuere, to lessen) is the number from which another number...
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