Solution - Long subtraction
950.997
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 | 8 | 6 | . | 9 | 9 | 7 | |
| - | 3 | 6 | |||||
| . |
Put zeros in the blank number places:
| Place value | hundreds | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | thousandths |
| 9 | 8 | 6 | . | 9 | 9 | 7 | |
| - | 3 | 6 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| . |
2. Subtract the numbers using long subtraction method
Subtract the numbers in the thousandths column from the top number:
7-0=7
| Place value | hundreds | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | thousandths |
| 9 | 8 | 6 | . | 9 | 9 | 7 | |
| - | 3 | 6 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| . | 7 |
Subtract the numbers in the hundredths column from the top number:
9-0=9
| Place value | hundreds | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | thousandths |
| 9 | 8 | 6 | . | 9 | 9 | 7 | |
| - | 3 | 6 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| . | 9 | 7 |
Subtract the numbers in the tenths column from the top number:
9-0=9
| Place value | hundreds | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | thousandths |
| 9 | 8 | 6 | . | 9 | 9 | 7 | |
| - | 3 | 6 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| . | 9 | 9 | 7 |
Subtract the numbers in the ones column from the top number:
6-6=0
| Place value | hundreds | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | thousandths |
| 9 | 8 | 6 | . | 9 | 9 | 7 | |
| - | 3 | 6 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | . | 9 | 9 | 7 |
Subtract the numbers in the tens column from the top number:
8-3=5
| Place value | hundreds | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | thousandths |
| 9 | 8 | 6 | . | 9 | 9 | 7 | |
| - | 3 | 6 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | 0 | . | 9 | 9 | 7 |
Write 9 in the hundreds place.
| Place value | hundreds | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths | thousandths |
| 9 | 8 | 6 | . | 9 | 9 | 7 | |
| - | 3 | 6 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | . | 9 | 9 | 7 |
The solution is: 950.997
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