subtraction

Researchers say the assessments focus on what’s known as early number sense: a child’s ability to count sets of objects, and grasp basic addition and subtraction.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026

The antidote psychologists prescribe is mental subtraction: deliberately imagining life without what you take for granted.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026

Imports, which are a subtraction in the calculation of GDP, also decreased.

From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026

“Marketplace is undergoing a rationalization, addition by subtraction, as we reduce our exposure while the risk pool stabilizes,” Zubretsky said, according to a FactSet transcript.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2025

You can read and write but can you do addition and subtraction?

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt

But you know, additions are just as important as subtractions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026

But in light of the Supreme Court’s decision, those subtractions make the case that much stronger.

From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2024

So given those additions and subtractions, what will Becki Ball look like?

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2024

Solving arithmetic problems, even simple subtractions, involves mental representations whose influence remains to be clarified.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 7, 2024

Starting from the dividend, we in theory keep on subtracting the unit, and count the number of subtractions that have to be performed until nothing is left.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various