In the example 157 - 24 = 133, the 157 is called the minuend, the 24 is the subtrahend, and the 133 is the difference.
The original number is known as a subtrahend, while the number being subtracted is called the subtractor.
subtrahend
The subtrahend is the number that is subtracted from another number, called the minuend, that results in the difference.
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minuend
minuend - subtrahend = difference Think of SUBtrahend as the number that is being SUBtracted.
That number is called the subtrahend.
It is called the difference. To me: minuend - subtrahend = difference
The number to be subtracted is 11.The number to be subtracted is 11.The number to be subtracted is 11.The number to be subtracted is 11.
The "minuend". The "subtrahend" is the number subtracted; the answer is the "difference".
Difference
In subtraction, the minuend minus the subtrahend equals the difference.