| Francis Walkinghame - 1859 - 200 pages
...sovereign together. Ans. £1 4s. 6d. SUBTRACTION OF VULGAR FRACTIONS. RULE. Reduce the given fractions to a common denominator, then subtract the less numerator from the greater, and place the remainder over the common denominator. 2. When the lower fraction is greater than the upper, subtract... | |
| Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1861 - 496 pages
...the difference over the common denominator. II. When the fractional units are different, reduce to common denominator ; then subtract the less numerator...place the difference over the common denominator. Examples. 1. From f take j. 2. From j± take jJ. 3. From Jf take Jf . 4. From fgf take ^g». f>. From... | |
| Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1861 - 338 pages
...numerators. 4 8 common denominator. Having found the common denominator and new numerators as in Art. 141, we subtract the less numerator from the greater, and place the difference over the common denominator. RULE. — Reduce the fractions to a common denominator, then write the difference of the numerators... | |
| Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1863 - 346 pages
...From the above analysis we have the following Rule. I. When the fractions have the same denominator, subtract the less numerator from the greater, and place the difference over the common denominator. II. When they have not the same denominator, reduce them to a common denominator, and then subtract... | |
| Francis Walkingame - 1865 - 222 pages
....аи«. S a. 2 r. 33i p. SUBTEACTION OF YULGAE FEACTIONS. EULE 1. — Eeducc the given fractions to a common denominator, then subtract the less numerator from the greater, and place the remainder over the common denominator. EXAMPLE 1. — From £ take f . Here, 15~8 =LAns. 20 20 2. When... | |
| Thomas Tucker Smiley - 1868 - 238 pages
...4. Multiply 4\ by J. Am. Ц. SUBTRACTION OP VULGAR FRACTIONS. Rule. Reduce the given fraction to a common denominator; then subtract the less numerator...place the difference over the common denominator. But if the lower numerator be greater, subtract it from the common denominator, adding in the upper... | |
| Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1871 - 350 pages
...ones having a common denominator, that they may express fractional units of the same kind, and then we subtract the less numerator from the greater, and place the difference over the common denominator. RULE. — Reduce the fractions to a common denominator, then write the difference of the numerators... | |
| James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1872 - 236 pages
...|i minus -fa equal -ff foot, Ant. 35. How subtract fractions which have a common denominator 1 Take the less numerator from the greater, and place the difference over the common denominator. 2. From %% of a day, subtract ^ of a day. Ans. \ d. 3. From fi of a ton, subtract ££ of a ton. 4.... | |
| Daniel W. Fish - 1874 - 320 pages
...= ^j- tiona have not a common denominator, reduce them to equivalent fractions having 21 for their least common denominator. Then subtract the less numerator from the greater and write the difference over the common denominator. Hence f— $=&,-, the required difference. 2. Subtract... | |
| Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1875 - 350 pages
...A = A tions have not a common denominator, reduce them to equivalent fractions having 21 for their least common denominator. Then subtract the less numerator from the greater and write the difference over the common denominator. Hence f — ?=й-, the required difference. 2. Subtract... | |
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