Solution - Long subtraction
137.382
Step-by-step explanation
1. Rewrite the numbers from top to bottom, aligned by their place values
| Place value | hundreds | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | thousandths |
| 9 | 3 | 7 | . | 3 | 8 | 2 | |
| - | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| . |
Put zeros in the blank number places:
| Place value | hundreds | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | thousandths |
| 9 | 3 | 7 | . | 3 | 8 | 2 | |
| - | 8 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| . |
2. Subtract the numbers using long subtraction method
Subtract the numbers in the thousandths column from the top number:
2-0=2
| Place value | hundreds | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | thousandths |
| 9 | 3 | 7 | . | 3 | 8 | 2 | |
| - | 8 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| . | 2 |
Subtract the numbers in the hundredths column from the top number:
8-0=8
| Place value | hundreds | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | thousandths |
| 9 | 3 | 7 | . | 3 | 8 | 2 | |
| - | 8 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| . | 8 | 2 |
Subtract the numbers in the tenths column from the top number:
3-0=3
| Place value | hundreds | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | thousandths |
| 9 | 3 | 7 | . | 3 | 8 | 2 | |
| - | 8 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| . | 3 | 8 | 2 |
Subtract the numbers in the ones column from the top number:
7-0=7
| Place value | hundreds | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | thousandths |
| 9 | 3 | 7 | . | 3 | 8 | 2 | |
| - | 8 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | . | 3 | 8 | 2 |
Subtract the numbers in the tens column from the top number:
3-0=3
| Place value | hundreds | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | thousandths |
| 9 | 3 | 7 | . | 3 | 8 | 2 | |
| - | 8 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 7 | . | 3 | 8 | 2 |
Subtract the numbers in the hundreds column from the top number:
9-8=1
| Place value | hundreds | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | thousandths |
| 9 | 3 | 7 | . | 3 | 8 | 2 | |
| - | 8 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 3 | 7 | . | 3 | 8 | 2 |
The solution is: 137.382
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