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EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE.
(2) OPERATION PROOF. Minuend 5 4 7 5 4 7 Subtrahend 2 3 5 2 3 5 Remainder 3 1 2 3 1 2 Minuend 5 47 OPERATION. Minuend 986 Subtrahend 7 6 3 PROOF. 9 8 6 7 6 3 Remainder 2 2 3 2 2 3 Minuend 9 8 6 (6) 735 864 523 651 From Take 684 462 (7) 948 746
8. A farmer paid 539 dollars for a span of fine horses, and sold them for 425 dollars; how much did he lose?
Ans. 114 dollars.
9. A farmer raised 896 bushels of wheat, and sold 675 bushels of it; how much did he reserve?
Ans. 221 bushels.
10. A gentleman gave his son 3692 dollars, and his daughter 1212 dollars less than his son; how much did he give his daughter?
Ans. 2480 dollars.
8 30. When any figure in the subtrahend is greater than the figure above it in the minuend, proceed thus:
1. If I have 624 dollars, and lose 342 of them, how many remain ? Ans. 282.
OPERATION. We first take the 2 units from Minuend 6 2 4 the 4 units, and find the differ- Subtrahend 3 4 2 ence to be 2 units, which we - write below. We then proceed Remainder 2 8 2 to take the 4 tens from the 2
