The phrase "able to subtract" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing someone's capability or skill in performing subtraction, often in a mathematical context.
Example: "The student is able to subtract two-digit numbers with ease."
Alternatives: "capable of subtracting" or "skilled in subtraction."
No doubt the gathering tomorrow in Kinshasa of the 56 French-speaking countries will feel slightly less crowded and the summit's secretaries will be able to subtract Gabon's 1.5 million inhabitants from the 220m strong Francophone world.
And you are right, you would each be able to subtract your annual CGT exempt amount which, for the 2014-15 tax year (which is when you sold the house), was £11,000.
Using algorithms in our MetaCore™ software we are able to subtract the 4-hydroxytamoxifen and estrogen networks to further understand differences between these two treatments and show that the estrogen network is assembled around the core with other modules essential for all phases of the cell cycle.
"Of course your child should be able to subtract," he said, "but asking a child what grade he or she 'earned' has less to do with learning and more to do with parental expectations for success; the teacher's right to pass judgment on a child's learning; and comparisons to classmates and others.
But families would also be able to subtract up to $5,000 from what they owed in taxes.
In order to be able to subtract the offset (14), we need to keep the original values of the edge angle, detected in the image.
Mathematical ability: able to add, subtract, multiply and divide; ability to convert units of measurement.
Responding to such criticism, California recently introduced highly specific math standards for each grade, specifying, for instance, that children in fifth grade should be able to add, subtract, multiply and divide with decimals, or be able to multiply and divide fractions.
After obtaining an atomic model for this cryo-EM map, we were able to accurately subtract the densities attributed to the ribosome from the cryo-EM map.
Even though we implemented a linear operator for data transformation into the software package Fluctuation Analyzer TZ, we were able to simply subtract the rigor fluctuations from contraction data without changing the statistics of preferred orientational motion of actin filaments under contraction conditions.
"Some things he had difficulty doing later on in his career, he could do so easily then, from reading hitters' swings off of him, to being able to add and subtract off his fastball," Stottlemyre said.
