Solution - Long subtraction
2531.58
Step-by-step explanation
1. Rewrite the numbers from top to bottom, aligned by their place values
| Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 2 | 5 | 8 | 9 | . | 5 | 8 | |
| - | 5 | 8 | |||||
| . |
Put zeros in the blank number places:
| Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 2 | 5 | 8 | 9 | . | 5 | 8 | |
| - | 5 | 8 | . | 0 | 0 | ||
| . |
2. Subtract the numbers using long subtraction method
Subtract the numbers in the hundredths column from the top number:
8-0=8
| Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 2 | 5 | 8 | 9 | . | 5 | 8 | |
| - | 5 | 8 | . | 0 | 0 | ||
| . | 8 |
Subtract the numbers in the tenths column from the top number:
5-0=5
| Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 2 | 5 | 8 | 9 | . | 5 | 8 | |
| - | 5 | 8 | . | 0 | 0 | ||
| . | 5 | 8 |
Subtract the numbers in the ones column from the top number:
9-8=1
| Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 2 | 5 | 8 | 9 | . | 5 | 8 | |
| - | 5 | 8 | . | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1 | . | 5 | 8 |
Subtract the numbers in the tens column from the top number:
8-5=3
| Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 2 | 5 | 8 | 9 | . | 5 | 8 | |
| - | 5 | 8 | . | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3 | 1 | . | 5 | 8 |
Write 5 in the hundreds place.
| Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 2 | 5 | 8 | 9 | . | 5 | 8 | |
| - | 5 | 8 | . | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5 | 3 | 1 | . | 5 | 8 |
Write 2 in the thousands place.
| Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 2 | 5 | 8 | 9 | . | 5 | 8 | |
| - | 5 | 8 | . | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | . | 5 | 8 |
The solution is: 2531.58
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