Solve: 15.222 - 11.30 Decimal Subtraction Problem

Question

Circle the correct answer to the following exercise:

15.222-11.30

Video Solution

Step-by-Step Solution

To avoid confusion in solving the exercise, we will first add the digit 0 to the number 11.30 as follows:

15.22211.300 15.222\\-11.300\\

Now let's solve the exercise in order:

Let's subtract the thousands after the decimal point:

20=2 2-0=2

Let's subtract the hundreds after the decimal point:

20=2 2-0=2

Let's subtract the tenths after the decimal point:

23= 2-3=

Since we cannot subtract, we will borrow ten from the tens digit in the whole number before the decimal point and get:

123=9 12-3=9

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

Remember that we borrowed ten from the tens digit, therefore:

511=3 5-1-1=3

11=0 1-1=0

And we get:

15.22211.30003.922 15.222\\-11.300\\03.922

Answer

3.922