Solution - Long subtraction
50.56
Step-by-step explanation
1. Rewrite the numbers from top to bottom, aligned by their place values
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 5 | 2 | . | 5 | 6 | |
| - | 2 | ||||
| . |
Put zeros in the blank number places:
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 5 | 2 | . | 5 | 6 | |
| - | 2 | . | 0 | 0 | |
| . |
2. Subtract the numbers using long subtraction method
Subtract the numbers in the hundredths column from the top number:
6-0=6
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 5 | 2 | . | 5 | 6 | |
| - | 2 | . | 0 | 0 | |
| . | 6 |
Subtract the numbers in the tenths column from the top number:
5-0=5
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 5 | 2 | . | 5 | 6 | |
| - | 2 | . | 0 | 0 | |
| . | 5 | 6 |
Subtract the numbers in the ones column from the top number:
2-2=0
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 5 | 2 | . | 5 | 6 | |
| - | 2 | . | 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | . | 5 | 6 |
Write 5 in the tens place.
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 5 | 2 | . | 5 | 6 | |
| - | 2 | . | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | 0 | . | 5 | 6 |
The solution is: 50.56
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