Solution - Long subtraction
0.23607
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 | hundred thousandths |
| 2 | . | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 7 | |
| - | 2 | ||||||
| . |
Put zeros in the blank number places:
| Place value | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | thousandths | ten thousandths | hundred thousandths |
| 2 | . | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 7 | |
| - | 2 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| . |
2. Subtract the numbers using long subtraction method
Subtract the numbers in the hundred thousandths column from the top number:
7-0=7
| Place value | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | thousandths | ten thousandths | hundred thousandths |
| 2 | . | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 7 | |
| - | 2 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| . | 7 |
Subtract the numbers in the ten thousandths column from the top number:
0-0=0
| Place value | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | thousandths | ten thousandths | hundred thousandths |
| 2 | . | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 7 | |
| - | 2 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| . | 0 | 7 |
Subtract the numbers in the thousandths column from the top number:
6-0=6
| Place value | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | thousandths | ten thousandths | hundred thousandths |
| 2 | . | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 7 | |
| - | 2 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| . | 6 | 0 | 7 |
Subtract the numbers in the hundredths column from the top number:
3-0=3
| Place value | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | thousandths | ten thousandths | hundred thousandths |
| 2 | . | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 7 | |
| - | 2 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| . | 3 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
Subtract the numbers in the tenths column from the top number:
2-0=2
| Place value | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | thousandths | ten thousandths | hundred thousandths |
| 2 | . | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 7 | |
| - | 2 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| . | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
Subtract the numbers in the ones column from the top number:
2-2=0
| Place value | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | thousandths | ten thousandths | hundred thousandths |
| 2 | . | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 7 | |
| - | 2 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | . | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
The solution is: 0.23607
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