In subtraction, the minuend minus the subtrahend equals the difference.
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multiplicand times multiplier equals product
The first is the multiplicand the second is the multiplier.
The number that is going to be divided is called the dividend (or the first number in a division question), while the number that is going to do the dividing is called a divisor (the second number in the division sentence/equation). Example: 8 divided by 2 = 4 8 is the dividend 2 is the divisor 4 is the quotient, or the solution to the problem. (8 is the )
The minuend is the first number in a subtraction problem and the subtrahend is the second number. So the subtrahend is subtracted from the minuend to give the difference.Minuend - subtrahend = difference
In any subtraction sum, the first digit is called the minuend. The second digit is called the subtrahend, and the answer is the difference. In this instance, the number 4 is the subtrahend.