 | George Leonard (Jr.) - Arithmetic - 1839 - 362 pages
...write ,333-|- instead of writing ,333 about. — A horizontal line is the sign of subtraction. It shows that the number after it is to be subtracted from the number before it: thus, 5 — 3=2. It may be read less by: thus, 5 — 3 = 2 may he read, 5 less by 3 is equal to 2. This sign... | |
 | George Leonard - Arithmetic - 1841 - 356 pages
...write 333+, instead of writing .333 about. — A horizontal line is the sign of subtraction. It shows that the number after it is to be subtracted from the number before it ; thus, 5 — 3 = 2. It may be read, less by; thus, 5 — 3 = 2 may be lead, 5 less by 3 is equal to 2. This... | |
 | George Leonard (jr.) - Arithmetic - 1841 - 350 pages
...write 333+, instead of writing .333 about. — A horizontal line is the sign of subtraction. It shows that the number after it is to be subtracted from the number before it ; thus, 5 — 3 = 2. It may be read, less by; thus, 5 — 3 = 2 may be read, 5 less by 3 is equal to 2. This... | |
 | George Leonard - Arithmetic - 1841 - 354 pages
...write 333+, instead of writing .333 about. — A horizontal line is the sign of subtraction. It shows that the number after it is to be subtracted from the number before it ; thus, 6 — 3 = 2. It may be read, less by; thus, 5 — 3 = 2 may be lead, 5 Irs* by 3 is equal to 2. This... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Arithmetic - 1841 - 324 pages
...57,563 + 1,500+1,000,000 + 42 + 100+101 + 5 + 72? A. 1,059,383. 7. SUBTRACTION.* This sign— shows that the number after it is to be subtracted from the number before it; as, 6 — 4 = 2, meaning 4 from 6 leaves 2. 8. This sign is a single horizontal line, and is often... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Arithmetic - 1842 - 320 pages
...57,563 + 1,500 + 1,000,000+42 + 100+101 + 5 +72 ? A. 1,059,383. 7. SUBTRACTION.* This sign— shows that the number after it is to be subtracted from the number before it; as, 6—4=2, meaning 4 from 6 leaves 2. 8. This sign is a single horizontal line, and is often called... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Arithmetic - 1843 - 320 pages
...manyare 57,563 + 1,500+1,000,000+42 + 100+101+5 +72? A. 1,059,383. 7. SUBTRACTION.* This sign—shows that the number after it is to be subtracted from the number before it; as, 6 — 4=2, meaning 4 from 6 leaves 2. 8. This sign is a single horizontal line, and is often called... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Arithmetic - 1850 - 314 pages
...57,563 + 1,500+1,000,000+42 + 100 + 101 + 5 +72? A. 1,059,383. 7. SUBTRACTION.* This sign— shows that the number after it is to be subtracted from the number before it; as, 6 — 4=2, meaning 4 from 6 leaves 2. 8. This sign is a single horizontal line, and is often called... | |
 | Frederick Emerson - Arithmetic - 1854 - 228 pages
...INDICATIVE CHARACTERS •. A • «GNS. -\- (Plus,) standing between numbers, indicates thai viiey are to be added together; thus, 3+2 is 5. — (Minus,) indicates that the number after it is to be ubtracted from the number before it ; thus, 5 — 2 is 3. X (Into,) indicates that one number is to... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Arithmetic - 1856 - 334 pages
...57,563 + 1,500+1,000,000 + 42 + 100 + 101+5 +72? A. 1,059,383. 7. SUBTRACTION.* This sign— shows that the number after it is to be subtracted from the number before it; as, 6—4=2, meaning 4 from 6 leaves 2. 8. This sign is a single horizontal line, and is often called... | |
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It shows that the number after it is to be subtracted from the number before it ; thus, 5 — 3 = 2. 
