Solution - Long subtraction
2.47
Step-by-step explanation
1. Rewrite the numbers from top to bottom, aligned by their place values
| Place value | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 5 | . | 9 | 7 | |
| - | 3 | . | 5 | |
| . |
Put zeros in the blank number places:
| Place value | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 5 | . | 9 | 7 | |
| - | 3 | . | 5 | 0 |
| . |
2. Subtract the numbers using long subtraction method
Subtract the numbers in the hundredths column from the top number:
7-0=7
| Place value | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 5 | . | 9 | 7 | |
| - | 3 | . | 5 | 0 |
| . | 7 |
Subtract the numbers in the tenths column from the top number:
9-5=4
| Place value | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 5 | . | 9 | 7 | |
| - | 3 | . | 5 | 0 |
| . | 4 | 7 |
Subtract the numbers in the ones column from the top number:
5-3=2
| Place value | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 5 | . | 9 | 7 | |
| - | 3 | . | 5 | 0 |
| 2 | . | 4 | 7 |
The solution is: 2.47
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