Subtraction Definition

Subtraction Sentence Examples

• As an illustration, we may take the elementary processes of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

• Addition is the process of expressing (in numeration or notation) a whole, the parts of which have already been expressed; while, if a whole has been expressed and also a part or parts, subtraction is the process of expressing the remainder.

• Comparison, Addition and Subtraction of Fractions.-The quantities 4 of A and 7 of A are expressed in terms of different units.

• Stifel introduced the sign (+) for addition or a positive quantity, which was previously denoted by plus, pia, or the letter p. Subtraction, previously written as minus, mene or the letter m, was symbolized by the sign (-) which is still in use.

• The principle of subtraction from a higher number, which appeared in notation, also appeared in numeration, but not for exactly the same numbers or in exactly the same way; thus XVIII was two-from-twenty, and the next number was onefrom-twenty, but it was written XIX, not IXX.