Solution - Long subtraction
23.08
Step-by-step explanation
1. Rewrite the numbers from top to bottom, aligned by their place values
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 4 | 2 | . | 8 | 3 | |
| - | 1 | 9 | . | 7 | 5 |
| . |
2. Subtract the numbers using long subtraction method
Because the upper digit (3) in the hundredths 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 (13).
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 7 | 13 | ||||
| 4 | 2 | . | 8 | 3 | |
| - | 1 | 9 | . | 7 | 5 |
| . |
Subtract the numbers in the hundredths column from the top number:
13-5=8
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 7 | 13 | ||||
| 4 | 2 | . | 8 | 3 | |
| - | 1 | 9 | . | 7 | 5 |
| . | 8 |
Subtract the numbers in the tenths column from the top number:
7-7=0
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 7 | 13 | ||||
| 4 | 2 | . | 8 | 3 | |
| - | 1 | 9 | . | 7 | 5 |
| . | 0 | 8 |
Because the upper digit (2) in the ones column is too small to get a positive difference, borrow 1 from the digit (4) in the next number place which becomes (3) and get (12).
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 3 | 12 | ||||
| 7 | 13 | ||||
| 4 | 2 | . | 8 | 3 | |
| - | 1 | 9 | . | 7 | 5 |
| . | 0 | 8 |
Subtract the numbers in the ones column from the top number:
12-9=3
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 3 | 12 | ||||
| 7 | 13 | ||||
| 4 | 2 | . | 8 | 3 | |
| - | 1 | 9 | . | 7 | 5 |
| 3 | . | 0 | 8 |
Subtract the numbers in the tens column from the top number:
3-1=2
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 3 | 12 | ||||
| 7 | 13 | ||||
| 4 | 2 | . | 8 | 3 | |
| - | 1 | 9 | . | 7 | 5 |
| 2 | 3 | . | 0 | 8 |
The solution is: 23.08
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