Solution - Long subtraction
81.72
Step-by-step explanation
1. Rewrite the numbers from top to bottom, aligned by their place values
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 8 | 4 | . | 3 | ||
| - | 2 | . | 5 | 8 | |
| . |
Put zeros in the blank number places:
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 8 | 4 | . | 3 | 0 | |
| - | 2 | . | 5 | 8 | |
| . |
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 digit (3) in the next number place which becomes (2) and get (10).
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 2 | 10 | ||||
| 8 | 4 | . | 3 | 0 | |
| - | 2 | . | 5 | 8 | |
| . |
Subtract the numbers in the hundredths column from the top number:
10-0-8=2
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 2 | 10 | ||||
| 8 | 4 | . | 3 | 0 | |
| - | 2 | . | 5 | 8 | |
| . | 2 |
Because the upper digit (2) in the tenths column is too small to get a positive difference, borrow 1 from the digit (4) in the next number place which becomes (3) and get (12).
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 3 | 12 | ||||
| 2 | 10 | ||||
| 8 | 4 | . | 3 | 0 | |
| - | 2 | . | 5 | 8 | |
| . | 2 |
Subtract the numbers in the tenths column from the top number:
12-5=7
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 3 | 12 | ||||
| 2 | 10 | ||||
| 8 | 4 | . | 3 | 0 | |
| - | 2 | . | 5 | 8 | |
| . | 7 | 2 |
Subtract the numbers in the ones column from the top number:
3-2=1
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 3 | 12 | ||||
| 2 | 10 | ||||
| 8 | 4 | . | 3 | 0 | |
| - | 2 | . | 5 | 8 | |
| 1 | . | 7 | 2 |
Write 8 in the tens place.
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 3 | 12 | ||||
| 2 | 10 | ||||
| 8 | 4 | . | 3 | 0 | |
| - | 2 | . | 5 | 8 | |
| 8 | 1 | . | 7 | 2 |
The solution is: 81.72
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