What is 4.6 meters subtracted from 7 meters?

Answer 1

-2.4000000000000004

Answer 2

2.4 meters

Rember, with whole numbers (like 7 m) there is an understood ".0" after the number, ie. 7 m = 7.0 m) Set the problem up like this:

7.0

-4.6

Then, subtract like you normally would as if there were no decimal. When you've reached the "difference" in the problem, bring the decimal down to the same place in your answer. 70-46=24. So since the decimal place was between the 7 and 0, and also the 4 and 6, you then place it between the 2 and 4. The answer is indeed 2.4 meters.