 | Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1863 - 350 pages
...Massachusetts, 123,255,948 ; what is the value of the farms in them all? Ans. 3 263,280,393. SUBTRACTION. 35- Subtraction is the process of finding the difference between two numbers. The Difference between two numbers is a. number which added to the less will give the greater. The Minuend... | |
 | John Fair Stoddard - Arithmetic - 1866 - 184 pages
...a box of chees. for 4 dollars, and a box of raisins for 5 dollars , how much was the entire cost ? SUBTRACTION. Subtraction is the process of finding the difference between two numbers. The Terms in Subtraction are three, the Minuend, Subtrahend, Remainder. 1. The Minuend is the number to... | |
 | John Fair Stoddard - Arithmetic - 1866 - 184 pages
...dollars, a shawl for 17 dollars, and a pair of gloves for 1 dollar: the entire cost is required. 2* SUBTRACTION. Subtraction is the process of finding the difference between two numbers. TJte Terms in Subtraction are three, the Minuend, Subtrahend, Remainder. 1. The Minuend is the nijmber... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1866 - 202 pages
...and 22? 45. What is the difference between 17 and 6? 46. What is the difference between 25 and 9 ? 9. Subtraction is the process of finding the difference between two numbers ; the result is called the Difference or Remainder. The sign of subtraction is written thus, — , and is... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1873 - 260 pages
...in bank, drew out $978 : how much remained in the bank ? DEFINITIONS, PEINOIPLES, AND KULE. Art. 29. Subtraction is the process of finding the difference between two numbers. The Difference or Remainder is the number found by subtracting one number from another. The Minuend is... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1870 - 350 pages
...have all? 29. From the sum of 45003 and 13478, take their difference. DEFINITIONS AND PRINCIPLES. 28. Subtraction is the process of finding the difference between two numbers. The Difference is the number found by taking one number from another. It is also called the Remainder.... | |
 | Joseph Ray - 1856 - 400 pages
...as much as A, B, and C together: what sum do they all possess? Ans. $722. IV. SUBTRACTION. ART. 42. SUBTRACTION is the process of finding the difference between two numbers. The larger number is the Minuend; the less, the Subtrahend; the number left, the Difference or Remainder.... | |
 | Philotus Dean - Arithmetic - 1874 - 472 pages
...numbers from the decimal to other scales. CHAPTER IV. SUBTRACTION OF SIMPLE WHOLE NUMBERS. Art. 35. Subtraction is the process of finding the difference between two numbers. The terms in subtraction are, minuend, subtrahend, and difference, or remainder. The minuend is that number... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1875 - 180 pages
...22? 45. What is the difference between 17 and 6 ? 46. What is the difference between 25 and 9 ? O. Subtraction is the process of finding the difference between two numbers ; the result is called the Difference or Remainder. The sign of subtraction is written thus, — , and is... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1876 - 588 pages
...find a difference. This general analytic process has received the name of Subtraction. Definition. — Subtraction is the process of finding the difference between two numbers. The difference between two numbers is a number which added to the less will give a sum equal to the greater.... | |
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The minuend is the number from which we subtract ; the subtrahend is the number subtracted; and the difference or remainder is the result of the subtraction. 
