Subtracting Decimals Worksheet
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Subtracting Decimals Worksheet
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Worked Example
Problem: 8.3 − 4.67
- Align and pad: 8.30 − 4.67— Pad 8.3 with a zero to create the hundredths column.
- Hundredths: 0 − 7, borrow → 10 − 7 = 3— Borrow 1 tenth from the tenths place.
- Tenths: 2 − 6, borrow → 12 − 6 = 6— Borrow 1 one from the ones place.
- Ones: 7 − 4 = 3— No further borrowing needed.
Answer: 3.63
Frequently Asked Questions
Alignment keeps place values matched. Subtracting a hundredth from a tenth gives a meaningless result.
Pad the top number with trailing zeros so every column has a digit to subtract from.
Yes — borrowing works the same as with whole numbers. The decimal point itself never moves.