Solution - Long subtraction
23.254
Step-by-step explanation
1. Rewrite the numbers from top to bottom, aligned by their place values
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | thousandths |
| 2 | 6 | . | 4 | 5 | 4 | |
| - | 3 | . | 2 | |||
| . |
Put zeros in the blank number places:
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | thousandths |
| 2 | 6 | . | 4 | 5 | 4 | |
| - | 3 | . | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| . |
2. Subtract the numbers using long subtraction method
Subtract the numbers in the thousandths column from the top number:
4-0=4
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | thousandths |
| 2 | 6 | . | 4 | 5 | 4 | |
| - | 3 | . | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| . | 4 |
Subtract the numbers in the hundredths column from the top number:
5-0=5
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | thousandths |
| 2 | 6 | . | 4 | 5 | 4 | |
| - | 3 | . | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| . | 5 | 4 |
Subtract the numbers in the tenths column from the top number:
4-2=2
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | thousandths |
| 2 | 6 | . | 4 | 5 | 4 | |
| - | 3 | . | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| . | 2 | 5 | 4 |
Subtract the numbers in the ones column from the top number:
6-3=3
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | thousandths |
| 2 | 6 | . | 4 | 5 | 4 | |
| - | 3 | . | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | . | 2 | 5 | 4 |
Write 2 in the tens place.
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | thousandths |
| 2 | 6 | . | 4 | 5 | 4 | |
| - | 3 | . | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | 3 | . | 2 | 5 | 4 |
The solution is: 23.254
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