Solution - Long subtraction
275.04
Step-by-step explanation
1. Rewrite the numbers from top to bottom, aligned by their place values
| Place value | hundreds | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 2 | 7 | 5 | . | 3 | 4 | |
| - | 0 | . | 3 | |||
| . |
Put zeros in the blank number places:
| Place value | hundreds | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 2 | 7 | 5 | . | 3 | 4 | |
| - | 0 | . | 3 | 0 | ||
| . |
2. Subtract the numbers using long subtraction method
Subtract the numbers in the hundredths column from the top number:
4-0=4
| Place value | hundreds | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 2 | 7 | 5 | . | 3 | 4 | |
| - | 0 | . | 3 | 0 | ||
| . | 4 |
Subtract the numbers in the tenths column from the top number:
3-3=0
| Place value | hundreds | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 2 | 7 | 5 | . | 3 | 4 | |
| - | 0 | . | 3 | 0 | ||
| . | 0 | 4 |
Subtract the numbers in the ones column from the top number:
5-0=5
| Place value | hundreds | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 2 | 7 | 5 | . | 3 | 4 | |
| - | 0 | . | 3 | 0 | ||
| 5 | . | 0 | 4 |
Write 7 in the tens place.
| Place value | hundreds | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 2 | 7 | 5 | . | 3 | 4 | |
| - | 0 | . | 3 | 0 | ||
| 7 | 5 | . | 0 | 4 |
Write 2 in the hundreds place.
| Place value | hundreds | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 2 | 7 | 5 | . | 3 | 4 | |
| - | 0 | . | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 7 | 5 | . | 0 | 4 |
The solution is: 275.04
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