{"id":272137,"date":"2025-07-26T10:32:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T10:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=272137"},"modified":"2025-07-26T10:32:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T10:32:15","slug":"use-the-column-method-to-subtract-38-4-from-120","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/26\/use-the-column-method-to-subtract-38-4-from-120\/","title":{"rendered":"Use the column method to subtract 38.4 from 120"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Use the column method to subtract 38.4 from 120<\/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>To subtract 38.4 from 120 using the column method, follow these steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Write the numbers vertically, aligning the decimal points: <code>120.0<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>38.4<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>\n2. Start from the rightmost column, which is the tenths place. Since 0 is less than 4, you'll need to borrow from the ones place:\n- In the ones place, 0 is less than 8, so you need to borrow from the tens place.\n- Borrow 1 from the tens place, turning the 2 into a 1, and the 0 becomes 10.\n\nNow you have:\n\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>110.10<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>38.4<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>\n3. In the tenths place, subtract 4 from 10, which gives you 6.\n\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>110.6<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>38.4<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>\n4. Next, subtract the digits in the ones place. In the ones column, you have 1 minus 8. Since 1 is less than 8, you need to borrow 1 from the hundreds place, turning the 1 into 0 and the 1 into 11.\n\nNow you have:\n\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>110.6<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>38.4<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>\n5. Now subtract 8 from 11, which gives you 3.\n\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>72.6<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>\n6. Finally, subtract the digits in the hundreds column. You have 0 minus 3, which leaves you with a 7.\n\nSo the final result is:\n\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>72.6<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>\n### Final Answer: 72.6\n\nThis method is effective because it follows the standard process of subtraction, ensuring each column is handled carefully, especially when borrowing is necessary. The result reflects the difference between 120 and 38.4.\n<\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Use the column method to subtract 38.4 from 120 The correct answer and explanation is: To subtract 38.4 from 120 using the column method, follow these steps: 110.10 110.6 110.6 72.6 72.6<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-272137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272137\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}