...and" say 4 from 6 = 2. This process is called borrowing and carrying. Hence the following RULE. Place the less number under the greater; units under units, tens under tens, fyc. Begin with the units; and, if the lower figure be smaller than the upper, take it therefrom, and...

...large by 1, we may add 1 to the 6, and say 7 from 9 and 2 will remain. Hence the following RULE. Place the less number under the greater; units under units, tens under tens, <Jc. Begin with the units, and if the lower figure be smaller than the one above it, write the difference...

...short horizontal line, — and is read less. Thus 6— -4~ 2 is read. 6 less 4 is equal to 2. £8. RULE. Write the less number under the greater, units under units, tens under tens, fyc. Beginning with units, subtract each figure in the lower line from the one above it, and write...

...preceding examples and illustrations in subtraction, we deduce the following general RULE. — 1. Place the less number under the greater, units under units, tens under tens, «SC., and draw a line under them. 2. Then, commencing with the units, subtract each figure of the...

...of the whole ? SUBTRACTION LESSON VII. • A. — To perform Subtraction by means of the slate : I. Write the less number under the greater, units under units, tens under tens, &c. II. Then commence with the units, and take each lower figure from the one above it, and write the...

...short horizontal line, — and is read less. Thus 6 — 4 = 2 is read, 6 less 4 is equal to 2. 28. RULE. Write the less number under the greater, units under units, tens under tens, Sfc. Beginning with units, subtract each figure in the lower line from the one above it, and write underneath...

...: Take 3 from 7 : what is the remainder ? Take 5 from 9 : what is the remainder ? Mule 1. — Place the less number under the greater : units under units ; tens under tens ; and draw a line below them. 2. — Take the units digit in the lower line from that in the upper...

...compensate it. From these observations we draw the following KULE. To operate on large numbers, set down the less number under the greater, units under units, tens under tens, SfC., and draw a line bentath them. Then, beginning at the right hand, subtract each figure from the one...

...cost of the whole ? SUBTRACTION LESSON VII. A. — To perform Subtraction by means of the slate : I. Write the less number under the greater, units under units, tens under tens, &c. II. Then commence with the units, and take each lower figure from the one above it, and write the...

...preceding examples and illustrations in subtraction, we deduce the following general RULE. — 1. Place the less number under the greater, units under units, tens under tens, tfrc., and draw a line under them. 2. Then, commencing with the units, subtract each figure of the...