 | George Soulé - Business mathematics - 1910 - 1042 pages
...from the other. 124. To Prove the operation of subtraction, add the remainder to the subsubtrahend ; if the sum is equal to the minuend, the work is correct. 125. Subtraction is the reverse of addition, and by it we find what number added to the lesser of two... | |
 | George Henry Van Tuyl - Business mathematics - 1913 - 296 pages
...94. The best method of checking the work in subtraction is to add the remainder to the subtrahend. If the sum is equal to the minuend, the work is correct. From 1476 take 938. 1476 938 538 CHECK. 938 + 538 = 1476. Check the work on the preceding page. THE... | |
 | Helen J. Kiggen - Arithmetic - 1922 - 424 pages
...Checking results. The best way to check the work in subtraction is to add the remainder to the subtrahend. If the sum is equal to the minuend, the work is correct. ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE: 27,936 a b c d $3,150.25 618.32 $5,178.75 1,345.87 $6,000.15 329.61 $10,000.52... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1857 - 340 pages
...lower figure, or take one from the next upper figure. PROOF. — Add the remainder to the subtrahend ; if the sum is equal to the minuend, the work is correct. For proof by caating out the 9's, see " Ray's Higher Arithmetic." (8) (9) (10) (11) Minuends, 7040... | |
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PROOF. — Add the remainder to the subtrahend, and if the sum is equal to the minuend, the work is correct. 
