Solution - Long subtraction
0.92
Step-by-step explanation
1. Rewrite the numbers from top to bottom, aligned by their place values
| Place value | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 3 | . | 2 | 5 | |
| - | 2 | . | 3 | 3 |
| . |
2. Subtract the numbers using long subtraction method
Subtract the numbers in the hundredths column from the top number:
5-3=2
| Place value | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 3 | . | 2 | 5 | |
| - | 2 | . | 3 | 3 |
| . | 2 |
Because the upper digit (2) in the tenths column is too small to get a positive difference, borrow 1 from the digit (3) in the next number place which becomes (2) and get (12).
| Place value | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 2 | 12 | |||
| 3 | . | 2 | 5 | |
| - | 2 | . | 3 | 3 |
| . | 2 |
Subtract the numbers in the tenths column from the top number:
12-3=9
| Place value | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 2 | 12 | |||
| 3 | . | 2 | 5 | |
| - | 2 | . | 3 | 3 |
| . | 9 | 2 |
Subtract the numbers in the ones column from the top number:
2-2=0
| Place value | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 2 | 12 | |||
| 3 | . | 2 | 5 | |
| - | 2 | . | 3 | 3 |
| 0 | . | 9 | 2 |
The solution is: 0.92
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