Solution - Long subtraction
41.18
Step-by-step explanation
1. Rewrite the numbers from top to bottom, aligned by their place values
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 4 | 7 | . | 5 | 8 | |
| - | 6 | . | 4 | ||
| . |
Put zeros in the blank number places:
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 4 | 7 | . | 5 | 8 | |
| - | 6 | . | 4 | 0 | |
| . |
2. Subtract the numbers using long subtraction method
Subtract the numbers in the hundredths column from the top number:
8-0=8
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 4 | 7 | . | 5 | 8 | |
| - | 6 | . | 4 | 0 | |
| . | 8 |
Subtract the numbers in the tenths column from the top number:
5-4=1
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 4 | 7 | . | 5 | 8 | |
| - | 6 | . | 4 | 0 | |
| . | 1 | 8 |
Subtract the numbers in the ones column from the top number:
7-6=1
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 4 | 7 | . | 5 | 8 | |
| - | 6 | . | 4 | 0 | |
| 1 | . | 1 | 8 |
Write 4 in the tens place.
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 4 | 7 | . | 5 | 8 | |
| - | 6 | . | 4 | 0 | |
| 4 | 1 | . | 1 | 8 |
The solution is: 41.18
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