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Subtracting Whole Numbers - h1014v1_29
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FOUR BASIC ARITHMETIC OPERATIONS Review of Introductory Mathematics Thus, the difference of 5 - 3 is not the same as 3 - 5.  The associative law for addition permitted combining addends in any order.   In subtraction, this is not allowed. (a-b)-c  a-(b-c) Example: (10-5)-1    10-(5-1) 4  6 When  subtracting  two  numbers,  the  subtrahend  is  placed  under  the  minuend  with  the  digits arranged in columns placing the units place under the units place, the tens column next, and so on. Example: Subtract 32 from 54. Solution: 54 -32 22 Whenever the digit in the subtrahend is larger than the digit in the minuend in the same column, one  place  value  is  borrowed  from  the  next  digit  to  the  left  in  the  minuend.    Refer  to  the following example. Example: Subtract 78 from 136. Solution: 2 13/6 - 78 58 When subtracting the units column, 6 - 8, a 10 is borrowed from the tens column.   This now makes subtracting the units column 16 - 8.   An 8 is placed under the units column. Next the tens column is subtracted. A 10 was borrowed from the tens column and now 7 is subtracted from 12, not 13.  This yields: 12 - 7 = 5.   The 5 is placed under the tens column and the difference is 58. This can be done for any subtraction formula.   When the digit in the subtrahend column is larger than the digit in the minuend in the same column, a number from the next higher place position column is "borrowed."   This reduces the higher position column by one. MA-01 Page 10 Rev. 0







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