Decimal Subtraction: Calculate 16.29 - 13.35

Question

Solve the following exercise and circle the appropriate answer:

00:00 Solve

00:03 Subtract accordingly, and substitute

00:06 When we need to subtract a number larger than what we have

00:09 We borrow from the next number

00:12 The next digit decreases by 1, and the previous digit increases by 10

00:15 Now subtract from the larger number

00:19 Substitute and continue to subtract and place accordingly

00:26 Reduce the 0

00:29 And this is the solution to the question

Let's solve the exercise in order:

Let's subtract the hundreds after the decimal point

$9-5=4$

Let's subtract the tenths after the decimal point:

$2-3=$

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

$12-3=9$

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:

$6-1-3=2$

$1-1=0$

And we get:

$16.29\\-13.35\\02.94$

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

2.94