 | George Albert Wentworth, Thomas Hill - Arithmetic - 1882 - 376 pages
...fraction from another : Reduce the fractions to equivalent fractions having the least common denominator. Subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend. Write the result over the least common denominator. (2) Subtract 3£| from 4^. 24 = 23 x 3, 15 = 3... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1883 - 282 pages
...subtract fractions: Bule. — Reduce the fractions to equivalent fractions with a common denominator, subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend, and under the difference write the common denominator. 2. To subtract mixed numbers: Bule. — First subtract... | |
 | Zalmon Richards - Arithmetic - 1886 - 80 pages
...Common Fractions. To subtract common fractions, first simplify and prepare them as in addition, and then subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend, and place the remainder over the common denominator. 8. From ^ take fj. ILLUSTRATION. Get the fractions to the same... | |
 | Indiana. State Board of Education - 1886 - 360 pages
...Subtraction of Fractions. — 1. Chanyc 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, 2. If there are mixed numbers and the numerator of... | |
 | Edward Sylvester Ellis - Arithmetic - 1886 - 200 pages
...Subtraction of Fractions.—I. 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. » 2. If there are mixed numbers and the numerator... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - Algebra - 1886 - 284 pages
...fraction from another : Seduce the fractions to equivalent fractions having the lowest common denominator. Subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from- the numerator of the minuend. Write the result over the lowest common denominator. /,\ о- rt ж . — 4 The lowest common denominator... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - Arithmetic - 1886 - 392 pages
...= 72. 132. Hence, to subtract one fraction from another, Reduce the fractions to similar fractions. Subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend. Write the result over the common denominator. 133. If the terms are mixed numbers, subtract separately... | |
 | Andrew Jackson Rickoff - Arithmetic - 1886 - 688 pages
...14-6. Rule. — 1. Reduce the fractions, if necessary, to fractions having' a common denominator. 2. Subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend, and write the remainder over the common denominator. 3. In the subtraction of mixed numbers, if the fraction... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - 1888 - 372 pages
...necessary, reduce the fractions to a common denominator. II. Subtract the numerator of the subtraJiend from the numerator of the minuend, and place the difference over the common denominator, EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE. 2. From \ take |. Ans. ^. 8. From Jf take |. Ans. ^ 4. Subtract -^ from f .... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Algebra - 1888 - 190 pages
...divided by mn. Rule. — I. Reduce the fractions, when necessary, to their least common denominator. II. Subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend, and write the common denominator under the result. NOTES. — 1. Eeduce each fraction to its lowest terms... | |
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Subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend, and place the difference over the common denominator. 
