Meaning & use
subtrahend
In a subtraction problem, the number that is taken away from another number.
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In the equation 9 minus 4, the subtrahend is 4.
Students learned to identify the minuend and the subtrahend before solving each problem.
A note on using this word
Subtrahend is a technical term used mainly in arithmetic instruction; the number it is subtracted from is called the minuend.
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