The first one is exactly 12. An hour ago, it was12-1=11,which is exactly eleven o'clock.
The second one is seven o'clock sharp. It was 7- 1=6 an hour ago, which is exactly six o'clock.
The third is exactly eleven o'clock. It was11-1=10 an hour ago, which is exactly ten o'clock.
Nature:
Subtraction follows several important patterns. It is anti-commutative, which means that changing the order will change the sign of the answer. It is not associative law, that is, when a subtraction exceeds two numbers, the order of subtraction is very important. Subtracting 0 does not change a number.
Subtraction also follows predictable rules related to addition and multiplication. These laws can be proved, starting with the subtraction of integers and summarizing them with real numbers and other things.