Solution - Long subtraction
59.01
Step-by-step explanation
1. Rewrite the numbers from top to bottom, aligned by their place values
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 6 | 0 | . | 3 | 8 | |
| - | 1 | . | 3 | 7 | |
| . |
2. Subtract the numbers using long subtraction method
Subtract the numbers in the hundredths column from the top number:
8-7=1
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 6 | 0 | . | 3 | 8 | |
| - | 1 | . | 3 | 7 | |
| . | 1 |
Subtract the numbers in the tenths column from the top number:
3-3=0
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 6 | 0 | . | 3 | 8 | |
| - | 1 | . | 3 | 7 | |
| . | 0 | 1 |
Because the upper digit (0) in the ones 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 (10).
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 5 | 10 | ||||
| 6 | 0 | . | 3 | 8 | |
| - | 1 | . | 3 | 7 | |
| . | 0 | 1 |
Subtract the numbers in the ones column from the top number:
10-1=9
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 5 | 10 | ||||
| 6 | 0 | . | 3 | 8 | |
| - | 1 | . | 3 | 7 | |
| 9 | . | 0 | 1 |
Write 5 in the tens place.
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 5 | 10 | ||||
| 6 | 0 | . | 3 | 8 | |
| - | 1 | . | 3 | 7 | |
| 5 | 9 | . | 0 | 1 |
The solution is: 59.01
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