Solution - Long subtraction
3.61
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 | 9 | |
- | 5 | 5 | . | 3 | 8 |
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2. Subtract the numbers using long subtraction method
Subtract the numbers in the hundredths column from the top number:
9-8=1
Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
5 | 8 | . | 9 | 9 | |
- | 5 | 5 | . | 3 | 8 |
. | 1 |
Subtract the numbers in the tenths column from the top number:
9-3=6
Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
5 | 8 | . | 9 | 9 | |
- | 5 | 5 | . | 3 | 8 |
. | 6 | 1 |
Subtract the numbers in the ones column from the top number:
8-5=3
Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
5 | 8 | . | 9 | 9 | |
- | 5 | 5 | . | 3 | 8 |
3 | . | 6 | 1 |
Subtract the numbers in the tens column from the top number:
5-5=0
Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
5 | 8 | . | 9 | 9 | |
- | 5 | 5 | . | 3 | 8 |
0 | 3 | . | 6 | 1 |
The solution is: 3.61
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