explain why it is important to line up decimal numbers by their place value when you add or subtract them
My teacher taught us to subtract with decimal numbers.
0.1333, 0.15, 16
It isn't really that important, it just makes the problem solving easier and gives you less of a chance of making a mistake.
To ensure they are read as binary numbers and not decimal numbers.
Pick any number, A. Subtract 0.653 from A to give the number B. Then (A - B) will give 0.653
This is true for adding and subtracting ALL numbers, not just decimal representations.
If you can subtract whole numbers you can subtract decimals. Forget about the decimal for a sec and subtract the numbers as if they were whole numbers. 2.5 -1.4 =1.1 hope this helps and if not yahoo usually has good examples.
My teacher taught us to subtract with decimal numbers.
Like you would regular numbers. 12.43 - 5.31 ---------- 7.12
You record the temperatures as decimal numbers and subtract the smaller from the larger.
An easy way is to convert them to decimal, subtract, then convert the answer back to binary.
16.925 - 0.100
You write down the numbers you want to add and subtract, making sure the decimal points are aligned. Then, you add (or subtract) EXACTLY as you would add or subtract integers. The decimal point in the solution should be aligned with the decimal points in the original numbers.
Add, subtract, multiply and divide.
Line up the decimal points and then subtract one from the other.
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