 | Floyd Davis - Mining engineering - 1900 - 148 pages
...you proceed to subtract fractions and decimals? A. Reduce the fractions to a common denominator. Then subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend, and place the difference over the common denominator. Thus |—J=J—|=g. With decimals, place the subtrahend... | |
 | William Estabrook Chancellor - Arithmetic - 1901 - 152 pages
...First we reduce the fractions to equivalent fractions having the lowest common denominator. Then we subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend, and write the result over the denominator. 2. Find the value of: a- A — 2*r ^- 2Î ~ те- c- ~2lU — A' ^' To... | |
 | John Appley Ferrell - History - 1901 - 270 pages
...result. Explanation: 20 thirty-sixths - 15 thirty-sixths = 5 thirtysixths, or /j. After reducing to LCD, subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend, and place the remainder over the LCD In the result, always reduce the /ration to its simplest form. 2.... | |
 | John Appley Ferrell, B. F Sisk - Arithmetic - 1901 - 436 pages
...46&+A 5. 34(55 + 17^ 41. Subtraction of Fractions. — Reduce the fractions to LCD before subtracting. Subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend and place the remainder over the LCD 1. From | take AEXAMPLES. .Process : *-A = |*-H=A. result. Explanation:... | |
 | William Estabrook Chancellor - Arithmetic - 1902 - 264 pages
...First we reduce the fractions to equivalent fractions having the lowest common denominator. Then we subtract the numerator 'of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend, and write the result over the denominator. 2. Find the value of: Ш - Л- '*. Tv I - i- A. if II - il- l- if 3. From... | |
 | John William Hopkins, Patrick Healy Underwood - Algebra - 1904 - 272 pages
...subtract one fraction from another fraction, first, reduce them to the same denomination ; second, subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend, and write the result over the common denominator. 2 x _ 2 --- -• The LCM of x and x + 3 is x(x + 3). 2 x Example... | |
 | Arthur William Potter - Algebra - 1904 - 182 pages
...its lowest terms. RULE. To subtract fractions, reduce them, if necessary, to a common denominator, subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend, and write the difference over the common denominator. As in arithmetic, if the quantities are mixed quantities, the... | |
 | Webster Wells - Algebra - 1904 - 642 pages
...denominator is the common denominator. To subtract tico rational fractions which have a common denominator, subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend, and make the result the numerator of a fraction whose denominator is the common denominator. If the fractions... | |
 | Joseph W Wilson (Mathematician) - 1910 - 316 pages
...,*20. *-±* + ^=У. SECTION XXXVI. Subtraction of Fractions. PREPARE the fractions as in addition. Subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend. Set down the result over the common denominator. EXAMPLES. ft -_ ид, fm L -g 1. Subtract — - —... | |
 | Herbert Edwin Hawkes, William Arthur Luby, Frank Charles Touton - Algebra - 1910 - 374 pages
...If two fractions have the same denominator, their difference is the fraction obtained by subtracting the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend and writing the result over their common denominator. ., .523 .a Ъ nb For example, = - , and = tit с... | |
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Subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend, and place the difference over the common denominator. 
