Solution - Long subtraction
4.62109
Step-by-step explanation
1. Rewrite the numbers from top to bottom, aligned by their place values
| Place value | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | thousandths | ten thousandths | hundred thousandths |
| 9 | . | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | |
| - | 5 | ||||||
| . |
Put zeros in the blank number places:
| Place value | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | thousandths | ten thousandths | hundred thousandths |
| 9 | . | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | |
| - | 5 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| . |
2. Subtract the numbers using long subtraction method
Subtract the numbers in the hundred thousandths column from the top number:
9-0=9
| Place value | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | thousandths | ten thousandths | hundred thousandths |
| 9 | . | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | |
| - | 5 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| . | 9 |
Subtract the numbers in the ten thousandths column from the top number:
0-0=0
| Place value | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | thousandths | ten thousandths | hundred thousandths |
| 9 | . | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | |
| - | 5 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| . | 0 | 9 |
Subtract the numbers in the thousandths column from the top number:
1-0=1
| Place value | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | thousandths | ten thousandths | hundred thousandths |
| 9 | . | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | |
| - | 5 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| . | 1 | 0 | 9 |
Subtract the numbers in the hundredths column from the top number:
2-0=2
| Place value | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | thousandths | ten thousandths | hundred thousandths |
| 9 | . | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | |
| - | 5 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| . | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
Subtract the numbers in the tenths column from the top number:
6-0=6
| Place value | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | thousandths | ten thousandths | hundred thousandths |
| 9 | . | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | |
| - | 5 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| . | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
Subtract the numbers in the ones column from the top number:
9-5=4
| Place value | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | thousandths | ten thousandths | hundred thousandths |
| 9 | . | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | |
| - | 5 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | . | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
The solution is: 4.62109
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