Solution - Long subtraction
313.82
Step-by-step explanation
1. Rewrite the numbers from top to bottom, aligned by their place values
| Place value | hundreds | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 3 | 2 | 8 | . | 7 | 2 | |
| - | 1 | 4 | . | 9 | ||
| . |
Put zeros in the blank number places:
| Place value | hundreds | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 3 | 2 | 8 | . | 7 | 2 | |
| - | 1 | 4 | . | 9 | 0 | |
| . |
2. Subtract the numbers using long subtraction method
Subtract the numbers in the hundredths column from the top number:
2-0=2
| Place value | hundreds | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 3 | 2 | 8 | . | 7 | 2 | |
| - | 1 | 4 | . | 9 | 0 | |
| . | 2 |
Because the upper digit (7) in the tenths column is too small to get a positive difference, borrow 1 from the digit (8) in the next number place which becomes (7) and get (17).
| Place value | hundreds | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 7 | 17 | |||||
| 3 | 2 | 8 | . | 7 | 2 | |
| - | 1 | 4 | . | 9 | 0 | |
| . | 2 |
Subtract the numbers in the tenths column from the top number:
17-9=8
| Place value | hundreds | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 7 | 17 | |||||
| 3 | 2 | 8 | . | 7 | 2 | |
| - | 1 | 4 | . | 9 | 0 | |
| . | 8 | 2 |
Subtract the numbers in the ones column from the top number:
7-4=3
| Place value | hundreds | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 7 | 17 | |||||
| 3 | 2 | 8 | . | 7 | 2 | |
| - | 1 | 4 | . | 9 | 0 | |
| 3 | . | 8 | 2 |
Subtract the numbers in the tens column from the top number:
2-1=1
| Place value | hundreds | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 7 | 17 | |||||
| 3 | 2 | 8 | . | 7 | 2 | |
| - | 1 | 4 | . | 9 | 0 | |
| 1 | 3 | . | 8 | 2 |
Write 3 in the hundreds place.
| Place value | hundreds | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 7 | 17 | |||||
| 3 | 2 | 8 | . | 7 | 2 | |
| - | 1 | 4 | . | 9 | 0 | |
| 3 | 1 | 3 | . | 8 | 2 |
The solution is: 313.82
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