Solution - Long subtraction
61.2143
Step-by-step explanation
1. Rewrite the numbers from top to bottom, aligned by their place values
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | thousandths | ten thousandths |
| 6 | 5 | . | 7 | 1 | 4 | 3 | |
| - | 4 | . | 5 | ||||
| . |
Put zeros in the blank number places:
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | thousandths | ten thousandths |
| 6 | 5 | . | 7 | 1 | 4 | 3 | |
| - | 4 | . | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| . |
2. Subtract the numbers using long subtraction method
Subtract the numbers in the ten thousandths column from the top number:
3-0=3
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | thousandths | ten thousandths |
| 6 | 5 | . | 7 | 1 | 4 | 3 | |
| - | 4 | . | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| . | 3 |
Subtract the numbers in the thousandths column from the top number:
4-0=4
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | thousandths | ten thousandths |
| 6 | 5 | . | 7 | 1 | 4 | 3 | |
| - | 4 | . | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| . | 4 | 3 |
Subtract the numbers in the hundredths column from the top number:
1-0=1
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | thousandths | ten thousandths |
| 6 | 5 | . | 7 | 1 | 4 | 3 | |
| - | 4 | . | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| . | 1 | 4 | 3 |
Subtract the numbers in the tenths column from the top number:
7-5=2
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | thousandths | ten thousandths |
| 6 | 5 | . | 7 | 1 | 4 | 3 | |
| - | 4 | . | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| . | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
Subtract the numbers in the ones column from the top number:
5-4=1
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | thousandths | ten thousandths |
| 6 | 5 | . | 7 | 1 | 4 | 3 | |
| - | 4 | . | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | . | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
Write 6 in the tens place.
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | thousandths | ten thousandths |
| 6 | 5 | . | 7 | 1 | 4 | 3 | |
| - | 4 | . | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
The solution is: 61.2143
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