At 06:18 PM 1/11/2002 -0600, Ronn! wrote:
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>Incidentally, does anyone remember which one is the "subtrahend" and the 
>"minuend"?  Or the "divisor" and the "dividend"?
>

5 - 2 = 3

The 5 is the minuend, the 2 is the subtrahend, and the 3 is the difference.

14 / 7 = 2

The 14 is the dividend, the 7 is the divisor and the 2 is the quotient.

To be honest, I didn't remember any of this until you asked the question. 
Then it all came back. The nuns *really* did a good job! ;-)

john

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