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What does minuend mean in math?
A quantity or number from which another is to be subtracted. In the sentence 24 - 17 = 7 24 is the minuend.
What is the number called from which you subtract?
It is called the minuend The number you subtract from it is called the subtrahend
What is the number that you subtract from called?
The minuend.
In number sentence 59-32 equals 27 the minuend is?
Well, isn't that just a happy little math problem! In the number sentence 59 - 32 = 27, the minuend is 59. The minuend is the number you start with, like the big tree in a painting that sets the scene for the rest of the landscape to come alive.
What is a subtrahend and a minuend?
If you are subtracting one quantity from another, the starting amount is called the minuend; the amount subtracted from it is called the subtrahend. The result is called the difference. In practice, the terms "minuend" and "subtrahend" are rarely used outside of the classroom. So to simplify it:minuend - subtrahend = difference.It is the number being taken away from in subtraction: minuend-subtrahend=difference.
