Solution - Long subtraction
36.92
Step-by-step explanation
1. Rewrite the numbers from top to bottom, aligned by their place values
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 9 | 9 | . | 4 | 6 | |
| - | 6 | 2 | . | 5 | 4 |
| . |
2. Subtract the numbers using long subtraction method
Subtract the numbers in the hundredths column from the top number:
6-4=2
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 9 | 9 | . | 4 | 6 | |
| - | 6 | 2 | . | 5 | 4 |
| . | 2 |
Because the upper digit (4) in the tenths column is too small to get a positive difference, borrow 1 from the digit (9) in the next number place which becomes (8) and get (14).
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 8 | 14 | ||||
| 9 | 9 | . | 4 | 6 | |
| - | 6 | 2 | . | 5 | 4 |
| . | 2 |
Subtract the numbers in the tenths column from the top number:
14-5=9
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 8 | 14 | ||||
| 9 | 9 | . | 4 | 6 | |
| - | 6 | 2 | . | 5 | 4 |
| . | 9 | 2 |
Subtract the numbers in the ones column from the top number:
8-2=6
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 8 | 14 | ||||
| 9 | 9 | . | 4 | 6 | |
| - | 6 | 2 | . | 5 | 4 |
| 6 | . | 9 | 2 |
Subtract the numbers in the tens column from the top number:
9-6=3
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 8 | 14 | ||||
| 9 | 9 | . | 4 | 6 | |
| - | 6 | 2 | . | 5 | 4 |
| 3 | 6 | . | 9 | 2 |
The solution is: 36.92
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