Solution - Long subtraction
11.23
Step-by-step explanation
1. Rewrite the numbers from top to bottom, aligned by their place values
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 6 | 7 | . | 4 | 8 | |
| - | 5 | 6 | . | 2 | 5 |
| . |
2. Subtract the numbers using long subtraction method
Subtract the numbers in the hundredths column from the top number:
8-5=3
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 6 | 7 | . | 4 | 8 | |
| - | 5 | 6 | . | 2 | 5 |
| . | 3 |
Subtract the numbers in the tenths column from the top number:
4-2=2
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 6 | 7 | . | 4 | 8 | |
| - | 5 | 6 | . | 2 | 5 |
| . | 2 | 3 |
Subtract the numbers in the ones column from the top number:
7-6=1
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 6 | 7 | . | 4 | 8 | |
| - | 5 | 6 | . | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | . | 2 | 3 |
Subtract the numbers in the tens column from the top number:
6-5=1
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 6 | 7 | . | 4 | 8 | |
| - | 5 | 6 | . | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | . | 2 | 3 |
The solution is: 11.23
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