Solution - Long subtraction
51.016
Step-by-step explanation
1. Rewrite the numbers from top to bottom, aligned by their place values
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | thousandths |
| 5 | 7 | . | 3 | 4 | 8 | |
| - | 6 | . | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
| . |
2. Subtract the numbers using long subtraction method
Subtract the numbers in the thousandths column from the top number:
8-2=6
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | thousandths |
| 5 | 7 | . | 3 | 4 | 8 | |
| - | 6 | . | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
| . | 6 |
Subtract the numbers in the hundredths column from the top number:
4-3=1
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | thousandths |
| 5 | 7 | . | 3 | 4 | 8 | |
| - | 6 | . | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
| . | 1 | 6 |
Subtract the numbers in the tenths column from the top number:
3-3=0
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | thousandths |
| 5 | 7 | . | 3 | 4 | 8 | |
| - | 6 | . | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
| . | 0 | 1 | 6 |
Subtract the numbers in the ones column from the top number:
7-6=1
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | thousandths |
| 5 | 7 | . | 3 | 4 | 8 | |
| - | 6 | . | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
| 1 | . | 0 | 1 | 6 |
Write 5 in the tens place.
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | thousandths |
| 5 | 7 | . | 3 | 4 | 8 | |
| - | 6 | . | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
| 5 | 1 | . | 0 | 1 | 6 |
The solution is: 51.016
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