Solution - Long subtraction
40.269
Step-by-step explanation
1. Rewrite the numbers from top to bottom, aligned by their place values
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | thousandths |
| 4 | 8 | . | 2 | 6 | 9 | |
| - | 8 | |||||
| . |
Put zeros in the blank number places:
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | thousandths |
| 4 | 8 | . | 2 | 6 | 9 | |
| - | 8 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| . |
2. Subtract the numbers using long subtraction method
Subtract the numbers in the thousandths column from the top number:
9-0=9
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | thousandths |
| 4 | 8 | . | 2 | 6 | 9 | |
| - | 8 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| . | 9 |
Subtract the numbers in the hundredths column from the top number:
6-0=6
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | thousandths |
| 4 | 8 | . | 2 | 6 | 9 | |
| - | 8 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| . | 6 | 9 |
Subtract the numbers in the tenths column from the top number:
2-0=2
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | thousandths |
| 4 | 8 | . | 2 | 6 | 9 | |
| - | 8 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| . | 2 | 6 | 9 |
Subtract the numbers in the ones column from the top number:
8-8=0
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | thousandths |
| 4 | 8 | . | 2 | 6 | 9 | |
| - | 8 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | . | 2 | 6 | 9 |
Write 4 in the tens place.
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | thousandths |
| 4 | 8 | . | 2 | 6 | 9 | |
| - | 8 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | 0 | . | 2 | 6 | 9 |
The solution is: 40.269
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