 | Pliny Earle Chase - Arithmetic - 1848 - 244 pages
...12$ subtrahend. Therefore, to subtract fractions, Reduce both fractions to a common denominator, and subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend. If the numerator of the minuend is less than that of the subtrahend, increase it by the denominator,... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Algebra - 1850 - 256 pages
...observations must give us the following R u LE 1 . — Reduce the fractions to a common denominator. 2. Subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend, and place the difference over the common denominator. (ART. 45.) We may also find the result of any proposed... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Algebra - 1853 - 370 pages
...FRACTIONS. 123. To subtract one fraction from another. RULE. Reduce the fractions to a common denominator, subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend, and write the difference over the common denominator. EXAMPLES. 1. From J. take ~fa. Here 7x11=77 ) , 4v 9— 36... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Algebra - 1854 - 414 pages
...FRACTIONS. 123. To subtract one fraction from another. RULE. Reduce the fractions to a common denominator, subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend, and vrrite the difference over the common denominator. EXAMPLES. 1. From £ take *fa. Here 7x11=77 A vx... | |
 | Charles Davies - Algebra - 1857 - 408 pages
...more than in the other. Hence the following RULK. I. Reduce the fractions to a common denominator. 11. Subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend, and place the difference over the common denominator. EXAMPLES. , ,-, x — a 2a — 4-x 1. From ... —... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1859 - 352 pages
...^, the required difference. Hence the following RULE. I. When necessary, reduce the fractions to a common denominator. II. Subtract the numerator of...subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend, and place the difference over the common denominator. EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE. 2. From £ take f. Ans. &.... | |
 | Charles Davies - Algebra - 1860 - 412 pages
...taken in one fraction more than in the other. Hence the following RULE. I. Reduct the fractions to a common denominator. II. Subtract the numerator of...subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend, and place the difference over the common denominator. EXAMPLES. x — an 2o — 4x 1. From - - - — —... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1860 - 444 pages
...To subtract fractions. — When necessary, reduce tlie fractions to their least common denominator. Subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend, and place the difference of the nev; numerators over the common denominator. II. To subtract mixed numbers.... | |
 | William Harvey Wells - Ability grouping in education - 1862 - 240 pages
...denominator and subtract the numerators," or " subtract one numerator from the other," instead of " subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend." See, also, §§ 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16. THIKD GEADE. [GRAMMAR DEPARTMENT.] REGULAR COURSE.... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Algebra - 1863 - 432 pages
...Thus, с с с с с Or thus, ce Hence the following RULE. I. Reduce tliœ fractions to their least common denominator II. Subtract the numerator of the...subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend, and write the result over tJie common denominator. EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE. Sx ,^.2х . 13х 1 From — subtract —... | |
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Subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend, and place the difference over the common denominator. 
