Subtracting Decimals
13 tenths – 7 tenths = 6 0.6 0.06 16 hundredths – 7 hundredths = 0.009 0.9 0.09 125 thousandths – 60 thousandths = 0.065 0.65 0.650 What is the first step when subtracting decimals? Line up the decimal points Line up the first digits of each number Line up the last digits of each number 1.4 – 0.7 = 7 0.7 0.07 5 – 0.3 = 2 0.2 4.7 1 – 0.92 = 0.08 0.91 1.92