1. plural of minuend; numbers from which other numbers are subtracted in subtraction problems
Usage: mathematics

Examples

• In the problems on the worksheet, all the minuends were two-digit numbers.
• The teacher asked students to identify the minuends in each subtraction equation.
• When the minuends are large numbers, borrowing becomes more complex.
• The minuends in these practice problems range from 10 to 100.
• Students struggled to distinguish between minuends and subtrahends.
• The minuends were written in bold to help students identify them.