Solution - Long subtraction

0.0052

0.0052

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Step-by-step explanation

1. Rewrite the numbers from top to bottom, aligned by their place values

Place value	ones	.	tenths	hundredths	thousandths	ten thousandths

	0	.	0	0	6
-	0	.	0	0	0	8
		.

Put zeros in the blank number places:

Place value	ones	.	tenths	hundredths	thousandths	ten thousandths

	0	.	0	0	6	0
-	0	.	0	0	0	8
		.

2. Subtract the numbers using long subtraction method

Because the upper digit (0) in the ten thousandths column is too small to get a positive difference, borrow 1 from the digit (6) in the next number place which becomes (5) and get (10).

Place value	ones	.	tenths	hundredths	thousandths	ten thousandths
					5	10
	0	.	0	0	6	0
-	0	.	0	0	0	8
		.

Subtract the numbers in the ten thousandths column from the top number:
10-0-8=2

Place value	ones	.	tenths	hundredths	thousandths	ten thousandths
					5	10
	0	.	0	0	6	0
-	0	.	0	0	0	8
		.				2

Subtract the numbers in the thousandths column from the top number:
5-0=5

Place value	ones	.	tenths	hundredths	thousandths	ten thousandths
					5	10
	0	.	0	0	6	0
-	0	.	0	0	0	8
		.			5	2

Subtract the numbers in the hundredths column from the top number:
0-0=0

Place value	ones	.	tenths	hundredths	thousandths	ten thousandths
					5	10
	0	.	0	0	6	0
-	0	.	0	0	0	8
		.		0	5	2

Subtract the numbers in the tenths column from the top number:
0-0=0

Place value	ones	.	tenths	hundredths	thousandths	ten thousandths
					5	10
	0	.	0	0	6	0
-	0	.	0	0	0	8
		.	0	0	5	2

Subtract the numbers in the ones column from the top number:
0-0=0

Place value	ones	.	tenths	hundredths	thousandths	ten thousandths
					5	10
	0	.	0	0	6	0
-	0	.	0	0	0	8
	0	.	0	0	5	2

The solution is: 0.0052

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