 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1854 - 306 pages
...compensate it. From these observations we draw the following KULE. To operate on large numbers, set down the less number under the greater, units under units, tens under tens, SfC., and draw a line bentath them. Then, beginning at the right hand, subtract each figure from the... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Mental arithmetic - 1854 - 156 pages
...the whole ? SUBTRACTION LESSON VII. A. — To perform Subtraction by means of the slate : I. Write the less number under the greater, units under units, tens under tens, &c. II. Then commence with the units, and take each lower figure from the one above it, and write the... | |
 | James Stewart Eaton - Arithmetic - 1857 - 376 pages
...subtrahend ; I the difference, remainder. 36. Subtraction is the reverse of addition. RULE. — 1. Write the less number under the greater, — units under units, tens under tens, etc. — and draw a line beneath. 2. Beginning at the right hand, take each figure of the subtra* Subtraction,... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Mental arithmetic - 1857 - 162 pages
...the whole ? SUBTRACTION LESSON VII. A. — To perform Subtraction by means of the slate : I. Write the less number under the greater, units under units, tens under tens, &c". II. Then commence with the units, and take each lower figure from the one above it, and write... | |
 | James Cornwell - 1858 - 158 pages
...hundred and fifty-nine minus one hundred and eighty-six equals two hundred and seventy -three. 23. RULE. — Place the less number under the greater, units under units, tens under tens, &c. Begin at the right, and take each number from the one above it, and set down the difference underneath.... | |
 | David Price - Arithmetic - 1858 - 264 pages
...difference between the greater and the less number. I. To subtract integers, or whole numbers. RULE 1. — Place the less number under the greater, units under units, tens under tens, etc. 2. — Begin with the units ; take the lower number from the upper, and set the difference directly... | |
 | Warren Colburn - Arithmetic - 1858 - 208 pages
...find the difference or remainder, which is 2. Ex 1. From 476 take 245. It is most convenient to write the less number under the greater, units under units, tens under tens, etc., as in addition. Beginning at the units, we say 5 from 6 leaves 1, which we write under the units... | |
 | James Stewart Eaton - 1862 - 320 pages
...examples illustrate all the- principles in subtraction. Hence, to perform subtraction, RULE. 1. Write the less number under the greater, units, under units, tens under tens, etc., and draw a line beneath. 2. Beginning at the right hand, take each figure of the subtrahend from... | |
 | James Stewart Eaton - Arithmetic - 1864 - 322 pages
...examples illustrate all the principles in subtraction. Hence, to perform subtraction, RULE. 1. Write the less number under the greater, units, under units, tens under tens, etc., and draw a line beneath. 2. Beginning at the right hand, take each figure of the subtrahend from... | |
 | James Stewart Eaton - Arithmetic - 1868 - 200 pages
...subtrahend is greater than the figure above it. Ex. 1. From 837 take 523. A.ns. 314. Having written the less number under the greater, units under units, tens under tens, etc., we say 3 from 7 leaves 4, 2 from 3 leaves 1, and 5 from 8 leaves 3 ; therefore the remainder... | |
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RULE Place the less number under the greater, units under units, tens under tens, and so on. Draw a line below... 
