We shall now subtract 5.34 and 6.25 6 we will . We put the 1 5 – borrow 1 from next to the2 here so this So it becomes – number is now 12 5 6 is now 5 . 1 2 5 5 . 3 4 Our 6 is now a This our We can’t take 5 takeaway 4 5 because we decimal point 3 away from 2 leaves us with borrowed one column so we must 1 from it. We borrow one now take away from the next 5 from 5 which column leaves us with 12 takeaway 3 0 is 9 0 . 9 1 Hence 6.25 5.34 = 0.91 – If we get decimals of uneven numbers either side of the point place a 0 there. We will subtract 10.1 from 116.32 Point Column 1 1 6 . 3 2 0 (added to 1 0 . 1 0 to keep keep numbers in numbers line) inline) 1 take away 1 take away 6 take away . 3 take 2 take away 0 is 1 1 is 0 0 is 6 away 1 0 is 2 is 2 1 0 6 . 2 2
We shall now subtract 5.34 and 6.25 6 – we will borrow 1 from here – so this number is now 5 . We put the 1 next to the2 So it becomes 12 5 6 is now 5 . 1 2 5 5 . 3 4 Our 6 is now a 5 because we borrowed one from it. We now take away 5 from 5 which leaves us with 0 This our decimal point column We can’t take 3 away from 2 so we must borrow one from the next column 12 takeaway 3 is 9 5 takeaway 4 leaves us with 1 0 . 9 1 Hence 6.25 – 5.34 = 0.91 If we get decimals of uneven numbers either side of the point place a 0 there. We will subtract 10.1 from 116.32 Point Column 1 1 6 . 3 2 0 (added to keep numbers in line) 1 0 . 1 0 to keep numbers inline) 1 take away 0 is 1 1 take away 1 is 0 6 take away 0 is 6 . 3 take away 1 is 2 2 take away 0 is 2 1 0 6 . 2 2
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