Solution - Long subtraction
741.84
Step-by-step explanation
1. Rewrite the numbers from top to bottom, aligned by their place values
| Place value | hundreds | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 7 | 8 | 9 | . | 8 | 4 | |
| - | 4 | 8 | ||||
| . |
Put zeros in the blank number places:
| Place value | hundreds | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 7 | 8 | 9 | . | 8 | 4 | |
| - | 4 | 8 | . | 0 | 0 | |
| . |
2. Subtract the numbers using long subtraction method
Subtract the numbers in the hundredths column from the top number:
4-0=4
| Place value | hundreds | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 7 | 8 | 9 | . | 8 | 4 | |
| - | 4 | 8 | . | 0 | 0 | |
| . | 4 |
Subtract the numbers in the tenths column from the top number:
8-0=8
| Place value | hundreds | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 7 | 8 | 9 | . | 8 | 4 | |
| - | 4 | 8 | . | 0 | 0 | |
| . | 8 | 4 |
Subtract the numbers in the ones column from the top number:
9-8=1
| Place value | hundreds | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 7 | 8 | 9 | . | 8 | 4 | |
| - | 4 | 8 | . | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | . | 8 | 4 |
Subtract the numbers in the tens column from the top number:
8-4=4
| Place value | hundreds | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 7 | 8 | 9 | . | 8 | 4 | |
| - | 4 | 8 | . | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | 1 | . | 8 | 4 |
Write 7 in the hundreds place.
| Place value | hundreds | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 7 | 8 | 9 | . | 8 | 4 | |
| - | 4 | 8 | . | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | . | 8 | 4 |
The solution is: 741.84
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