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What is subtraction?
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Subtraction starts with a quantity, called minuend, and takes a smaller quantity, called subtrahend, away from it.
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What is the minuend?
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The minuend is the larger number in subtraction in which the small number is taken from.
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What is the subtrahend?
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The subtrahend is the smaller number that is taken away from the minuend in subtraction.
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What is the remainder, or difference?
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The remainder, or difference, is what is left when the subtrahend is taken away from the minuend in subtraction.
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What is the symbol of subtraction?
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We denote subtraction with the symbol " - " which is read "minus".
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