Subtract

Subtract three from eight and you get five.

Can you subtract six from ten?

Subtract two from ten and you have eight.

The children are learning to add and subtract.

To find degrees in centigrade, subtract 32 from the Fahrenheit temperature, then multiply by 5/9.

I actually am 81 years old but if I subtract the time I've waited to get my bags at the airport, I'm only 43.

Subtract three from that number.

First multiply, then divide, then subtract and finally add.

Instead of adding, I had to learn to subtract.

Why does math seem to come easily to some folks and baffle others? Studies at Cornell University have shown that some people would rather write a long essay, for instance, than be put on the spot to come up with the correct answer to a math problem. They'd even prefer to make a speech than to go to the blackboard and add and subtract numbers in front of others. Children who've done it and come up with wrong answers often enough can develop a lifetime phobia for math.