Questions on Subtraction

What is subtraction? Give an example.

Subtraction is one of the four basic arithmetic operations that is used to find the difference. For example, to find the difference between 13 and 7, we subtraction as:
13 – 7 = 6
That means, by subtracting 7 from 13 we get the difference between 13 and 7.

What is the subtraction rule?

The basic rule of subtraction is to subtract the smaller number from the bigger number to get the difference. In the case of integers, we must take the sign of a bigger number for the difference.

Where do we use subtraction?

Whenever we require the difference of numbers or balance of the amount, we perform the subtraction. For example, when we purchase some items in a store and pay a certain amount of money which is more than the actual bill, then we need to subtract these amounts to get the balance.

What is the symbol of subtraction?

The symbol “-” denotes subtraction and is called a subtraction sign or minus sign.

What are the parts of a subtraction sentence?

A subtraction sentence consists of three parts of numbers, namely minuend, subtrahend and difference. The number in a subtraction sentence from which we subtract another number is called a minuend, which means the minuend is the first number in a subtraction process. The second number is called subtrahend and the result is called the difference.