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What’s In a Name

December 11, 2015March 15, 2016 ~ Nova ~ Leave a comment

Who can ever remember which is the minuend and which is the subtrahend? Why couldn't they be called something easy, like “addends,” where both have the same name!? So simple. It makes sense that they have different names since commutative property doesn’t apply to subtraction. The two numbers at play have different roles. Sure. I … Continue reading What’s In a Name

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