 | James William Nicholson - Arithmetic - 1889 - 408 pages
...1, diff. of numerators. = I twelfth = ^. jij, diff. of fractions. RULE. — Reduce the fractions to a common denominator, subtract the numerator of the...subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend, and place the difference over the denominator, m. Operation. 16f = Operation. Hi= 9* = EXERCISE XXVII.... | |
 | John Bernard Clarke - Algebra - 1889 - 566 pages
...from another, the following RULE. — Transform the fractions so that the denominators may be equal. Subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend. Place this difference, as a numerator, over the common denominator. 161. Scholium I.— Prom (159)... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1890 - 178 pages
...241|. 34. 166| from 233|. To subtract fractions: — RULE. — Reduce the fractions to like fractions, subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend, and write the difference over the common denominator. PROBLEMS REV1EW1NG ADD1T1ON AND SUBTRACT1ON. NB —... | |
 | John Edward King - Business mathematics - 1891 - 254 pages
...— I. Change the given fractions to equivalent fractions having the least common denominator. 11. Subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend and write tJie result over the common denominator. EXAMPLES. 182. Find the difference between 1. \ and... | |
 | William James Milne - Algebra - 1892 - 370 pages
...then add their results. RULE FOR SUBTRACTION. — Reduce the given fractions to similar fractions. Subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend, and place the result over the common denominator. When there are entire or mixed quantities, subtract the... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1892 - 428 pages
...required difference. RULE. — I. When necessary, reduce the fractions to a common denominator. II. Subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend, and place the difference over the common denominator. 9. From \ take -J. -4ns. -i^. 10. From ^-| take \.... | |
 | John Williston Cook, Nebraska C. Cropsey - Arithmetic - 1893 - 316 pages
...She had i of a yard left, Minuend and Subtrahend must be like numbers. To subtract fractions : Change the fractions to equivalent fractions having a common...subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend, and write the difference over the common denominator. Subtract : f - i = ? f - it = ? Л - Î = ? A - Î... | |
 | 1893 - 252 pages
...— I. Change the given fractions to equivalent fractions having the least common denominator. II. Subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend and write the result over the common denominator. 183. To subtract mixed numbers. EXAMPLE.— From 18f... | |
 | Oscar F. Williams - Arithmetic - 1894 - 364 pages
...denominator gives / T as a result. Rule.—Reduce the given fractions to equivalent fractions leaving q common denominator. Subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend, and write the result over the denominator. REMARK.—Improper fractions may be treated in like manner.... | |
 | Oscar F. Williams - Arithmetic - 1894 - 332 pages
...resulting numerators, placed over the common denominator gives ^ as a result. Rule.— Reduce the given fractions to equivalent fractions having a, common denominator. Subtract the numerator of Hie subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend, and ivrite the result over the common denominator.... | |
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Subtract the numerator of the subtrahend from the numerator of the minuend, and place the difference over the common denominator. 
