 | Jacob Henry Minick, Clement Carrington Gaines - Business mathematics - 1904 - 412 pages
...under the minuend 39 . 625 so that units of the same order stand in the same column. We 17 615 *hen subtract as in whole numbers, and place the decimal point in the result directly under the points of the numbers. RULE. — Write the subtrahend under the minuend so... | |
 | International Correspondence Schools - Arithmetic - 1906 - 576 pages
...— Place the subtrahend under the minuend, so that the decimal points will be directly under each other. Subtract as in whole numbers, and place the...under the decimal points above. When the figures in tlie decimal part of the subtrahend extend beyond those in the minuend, place ciphers in the minuend... | |
 | Civil engineering - 1906 - 590 pages
...the subtrahend under the minuend, so that the decimal points shall be in the same vertical column. Subtract as in whole numbers, and place the decimal...remainder directly under the decimal points above. When there are more decimal places in the subtrahend than in the minuend, place ciphers in the minuend above... | |
 | John Henry Moore, George Washington Miner - Business mathematics - 1906 - 466 pages
...to be annexed ' until the right-hand figure is of the same order, then subtract as a* HI in integers and place the decimal point in the remainder directly under the decimal points in the numbers subtracted. WRITTEN EXERCISE Find the difference between: 1. 7.2154 and 2.8576. 5. 9... | |
 | George Wentworth - Arithmetic - 1907 - 282 pages
...subtrahend shall be under the decimal point c'oyfi in the minuend. We subtract as in whole numn /.-in bers and place the decimal point in the remainder directly under the decimal points in the numbers. From 8.2 take 5.025. 8.200 We annex two zeros to the minuend so that the 5.025 minuend... | |
 | Correspondence schools and courses - 1909 - 886 pages
...Place the subtrahend under the minuend, so that the decimal points will be directly under eacli oilier. Subtract as in whole numbers, and place the decimal...remainder, directly under the decimal points above. \Vhcn the figures in the decimal part of the subtrahend extend beyond those in the minuend, place ciphers... | |
 | Jennings Cropper Wise - Artillery, Field and mountain - 1912 - 352 pages
...Write the less number under the greater so that the decimal points shall be in the same column; then subtract as in whole numbers and place the decimal point in the remainder directly under those above. If either or both of the decimals be complex, extend them to the same decimal place before... | |
 | Measuring instruments - 1914 - 428 pages
...the minuend, so that the decimal point of the subtrahend will be directly under that of the minuend. Subtract as in whole numbers, and place the decimal...in the minuend above them, and subtract as before. EXAMPLE 1.— Subtract .132 from .3063. SOLUTION. — minuend .3063 subtrahend .132 difference .1743... | |
 | 1914 - 536 pages
...subtrahend under the minuend so that the decimal points come directly under each other. Subtract the same as whole numbers, and place the decimal point in the remainder directly under the decimal points above. If the number of decimals in the subtrahend is greater than the number of decimals in the minuend,... | |
 | John Henry Moore, George Washington Miner - Business mathematics - 1915 - 300 pages
...be annexed ' until the right-hand figure is o£ the same order, then subtract as ».111 in integers and place the decimal point in the remainder directly under the decimal points in the numbers subtracted. WRITTEN EXERCISE Find the difference between: 1. 7.2154 and 2.8576. 5. 9... | |
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Place the subtrahend under the minuend, so that the decimal points will be directly under each other. Subtract, as in whole numbers, and place the decimal point in the remainder, directly under the decimal points above. 
