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No, you don't move the decimal in subtraction. However, you may need to add trailing zeroes after the decimal in order to make subtraction easier.

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What happens to the decimal in an subtraction problem?

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Where does the decimals used?

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Why do you move the decimal to divide a decimal by a decimal?

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How can you multiply by a decimal by 1000?

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How do you move 2 decimal places?

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Which operations require you to align numbers using their decimal points before you begin a calculation?

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