Solution - Long subtraction
55.93
Step-by-step explanation
1. Rewrite the numbers from top to bottom, aligned by their place values
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 5 | 8 | . | 9 | 3 | |
| - | 3 | ||||
| . |
Put zeros in the blank number places:
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 5 | 8 | . | 9 | 3 | |
| - | 3 | . | 0 | 0 | |
| . |
2. Subtract the numbers using long subtraction method
Subtract the numbers in the hundredths column from the top number:
3-0=3
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 5 | 8 | . | 9 | 3 | |
| - | 3 | . | 0 | 0 | |
| . | 3 |
Subtract the numbers in the tenths column from the top number:
9-0=9
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 5 | 8 | . | 9 | 3 | |
| - | 3 | . | 0 | 0 | |
| . | 9 | 3 |
Subtract the numbers in the ones column from the top number:
8-3=5
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 5 | 8 | . | 9 | 3 | |
| - | 3 | . | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | . | 9 | 3 |
Write 5 in the tens place.
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 5 | 8 | . | 9 | 3 | |
| - | 3 | . | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | 5 | . | 9 | 3 |
The solution is: 55.93
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