Solution - Long subtraction
54.48
Step-by-step explanation
1. Rewrite the numbers from top to bottom, aligned by their place values
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 5 | 9 | . | 0 | 8 | |
| - | 4 | . | 6 | ||
| . |
Put zeros in the blank number places:
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 5 | 9 | . | 0 | 8 | |
| - | 4 | . | 6 | 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 |
| 5 | 9 | . | 0 | 8 | |
| - | 4 | . | 6 | 0 | |
| . | 8 |
Because the upper digit (0) 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 (10).
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 8 | 10 | ||||
| 5 | 9 | . | 0 | 8 | |
| - | 4 | . | 6 | 0 | |
| . | 8 |
Subtract the numbers in the tenths column from the top number:
10-6=4
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 8 | 10 | ||||
| 5 | 9 | . | 0 | 8 | |
| - | 4 | . | 6 | 0 | |
| . | 4 | 8 |
Subtract the numbers in the ones column from the top number:
8-4=4
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 8 | 10 | ||||
| 5 | 9 | . | 0 | 8 | |
| - | 4 | . | 6 | 0 | |
| 4 | . | 4 | 8 |
Write 5 in the tens place.
| Place value | tens | ones | . | tenths | hundredths |
| 8 | 10 | ||||
| 5 | 9 | . | 0 | 8 | |
| - | 4 | . | 6 | 0 | |
| 5 | 4 | . | 4 | 8 |
The solution is: 54.48
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