subtraction

     

Subtraction is one of the four basic arithmetic operations; it is the inverse of adition, meaning that if we start with any number and add any number and then subtract the same number we added, we return to the number we started with. Subtraction is denoted by a minus sign in infix notation.

Trivia about subtraction

  • For this operation, most people use the borrow method
  • You don't have to be a detective to know that this math process involves deduction
  • This process is verified by adding the subtrahend to the difference
  • The minuend is the first number in this simple operation

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