Solution - Long subtraction
1.92
Step-by-step explanation
1. Rewrite the numbers from top to bottom, aligned by their place values
| Place value | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 6 | . | 3 | 3 | |
| - | 4 | . | 4 | 1 |
| . |
2. Subtract the numbers using long subtraction method
Subtract the numbers in the hundredths column from the top number:
3-1=2
| Place value | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 6 | . | 3 | 3 | |
| - | 4 | . | 4 | 1 |
| . | 2 |
Because the upper digit (3) in the tenths column is too small to get a positive difference, borrow 1 from the digit (6) in the next number place which becomes (5) and get (13).
| Place value | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 5 | 13 | |||
| 6 | . | 3 | 3 | |
| - | 4 | . | 4 | 1 |
| . | 2 |
Subtract the numbers in the tenths column from the top number:
13-4=9
| Place value | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 5 | 13 | |||
| 6 | . | 3 | 3 | |
| - | 4 | . | 4 | 1 |
| . | 9 | 2 |
Subtract the numbers in the ones column from the top number:
5-4=1
| Place value | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 5 | 13 | |||
| 6 | . | 3 | 3 | |
| - | 4 | . | 4 | 1 |
| 1 | . | 9 | 2 |
The solution is: 1.92
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