Decimal Subtraction: Calculate 16.29 - 13.35

Question

Solve the following exercise and circle the appropriate answer:

16.29-13.35

Video Solution

Step-by-Step Solution

Let's solve the exercise in order:

Let's subtract the hundreds after the decimal point

95=4 9-5=4

Let's subtract the tenths after the decimal point:

23= 2-3=

Since we cannot subtract, we'll borrow ten from the tens digit of the whole number and get:

123=9 12-3=9

Finally, let's subtract the whole numbers before the decimal point accordingly.

Since we borrowed ten from the tens digit of the whole number we get:

613=2 6-1-3=2

11=0 1-1=0

And we get:

16.2913.3502.94 16.29\\-13.35\\02.94

We can ignore the 0 before the 2, so we got the number: 2.94

Answer

2.94