Solution - Long subtraction
63.04
Step-by-step explanation
1. Rewrite the numbers from top to bottom, aligned by their place values
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | 
| 6 | 4 | ||||
| - | 0 | . | 9 | 6 | |
| . | 
Put zeros in the blank number places:
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | 
| 6 | 4 | . | 0 | 0 | |
| - | 0 | . | 9 | 6 | |
| . | 
2. Subtract the numbers using long subtraction method
Because the upper digit (0) in the hundredths column is too small to get a positive difference, borrow 1 from the number to the left (4.0) which becomes (3.9) and get (10).
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | 
| 3 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 6 | 4 | . | 0 | 0 | |
| - | 0 | . | 9 | 6 | |
| . | 
Subtract the numbers in the hundredths column from the top number:
 10-0-6=4
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | 
| 3 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 6 | 4 | . | 0 | 0 | |
| - | 0 | . | 9 | 6 | |
| . | 4 | 
Subtract the numbers in the tenths column from the top number:
 9-9=0
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | 
| 3 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 6 | 4 | . | 0 | 0 | |
| - | 0 | . | 9 | 6 | |
| . | 0 | 4 | 
Subtract the numbers in the ones column from the top number:
 3-0=3
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | 
| 3 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 6 | 4 | . | 0 | 0 | |
| - | 0 | . | 9 | 6 | |
| 3 | . | 0 | 4 | 
Write 6 in the tens place.
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | 
| 3 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 6 | 4 | . | 0 | 0 | |
| - | 0 | . | 9 | 6 | |
| 6 | 3 | . | 0 | 4 | 
The solution is: 63.04
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