Solution - Long subtraction
Step-by-step explanation
1. Rewrite the numbers from top to bottom, aligned by their place values
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | thousandths |
| 1 | 4 | . | 7 | 0 | 6 | |
| - | 1 | 3 | . | 8 | 8 | |
| . |
Put zeros in the blank number places:
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | thousandths |
| 1 | 4 | . | 7 | 0 | 6 | |
| - | 1 | 3 | . | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| . |
2. Subtract the numbers using long subtraction method
Subtract the numbers in the thousandths column from the top number:
6-0=6
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | thousandths |
| 1 | 4 | . | 7 | 0 | 6 | |
| - | 1 | 3 | . | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| . | 6 |
Because the upper digit (0) in the hundredths column is too small to get a positive difference, borrow 1 from the digit (7) in the next number place which becomes (6) and get (10).
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | thousandths |
| 6 | 10 | |||||
| 1 | 4 | . | 7 | 0 | 6 | |
| - | 1 | 3 | . | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| . | 6 |
Subtract the numbers in the hundredths column from the top number:
10-8=2
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | thousandths |
| 6 | 10 | |||||
| 1 | 4 | . | 7 | 0 | 6 | |
| - | 1 | 3 | . | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| . | 2 | 6 |
Because the upper digit (6) in the tenths column is too small to get a positive difference, borrow 1 from the digit (4) in the next number place which becomes (3) and get (16).
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | thousandths |
| 3 | 16 | |||||
| 6 | 10 | |||||
| 1 | 4 | . | 7 | 0 | 6 | |
| - | 1 | 3 | . | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| . | 2 | 6 |
Subtract the numbers in the tenths column from the top number:
16-8=8
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | thousandths |
| 3 | 16 | |||||
| 6 | 10 | |||||
| 1 | 4 | . | 7 | 0 | 6 | |
| - | 1 | 3 | . | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| . | 8 | 2 | 6 |
Subtract the numbers in the ones column from the top number:
3-3=0
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | thousandths |
| 3 | 16 | |||||
| 6 | 10 | |||||
| 1 | 4 | . | 7 | 0 | 6 | |
| - | 1 | 3 | . | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| 0 | . | 8 | 2 | 6 |
Subtract the numbers in the tens column from the top number:
1-1=0
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | thousandths |
| 3 | 16 | |||||
| 6 | 10 | |||||
| 1 | 4 | . | 7 | 0 | 6 | |
| - | 1 | 3 | . | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | . | 8 | 2 | 6 |
The solution is: 0.826
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