{"id":272033,"date":"2025-07-26T09:19:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T09:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=272033"},"modified":"2025-07-26T09:19:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T09:19:17","slug":"42-58-7-577-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/26\/42-58-7-577-2\/","title":{"rendered":"42.58-7.577="},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>42.58-7.577=<br>a. 35.003<br>b. 35.523<br>c. 36.523<br>d. 50.157<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-6-color\">The correct answer and explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The correct answer is <strong>b. 35.523<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Explanation:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To solve this subtraction problem, we align the decimal points and subtract the numbers digit by digit, starting from the rightmost digit. Here&#8217;s how to break it down:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Write the numbers in column format:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>  42.580\n-  7.577\n---------\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Note that we&#8217;ve added an extra zero to 42.58 to make the decimal places consistent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Start with the thousandths place<\/strong>:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In the thousandths place, 0 minus 7 requires us to borrow. So, we borrow 1 from the hundredths place (making it 7) and add 10 to the thousandths place.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Now, we have 10 &#8211; 7 = 3.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Move to the hundredths place<\/strong>:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>After borrowing, the hundredths place is 7 (previously 8), and we subtract 7 from 7. This gives 0.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Move to the tenths place<\/strong>:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In the tenths place, 5 minus 5 equals 0.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Finally, subtract the whole numbers<\/strong>:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In the units place, 42 minus 7 equals 35.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>So, putting it all together, the result is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>  42.580\n-  7.577\n---------\n  35.523\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Therefore, the correct result of 42.58 minus 7.577 is <strong>35.523<\/strong>, which corresponds to option <strong>b<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>42.58-7.577=a. 35.003b. 35.523c. 36.523d. 50.157 The correct answer and explanation is: The correct answer is b. 35.523. Explanation: To solve this subtraction problem, we align the decimal points and subtract the numbers digit by digit, starting from the rightmost digit. 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