Question

Subtract 0.58 - 0.21. What is the place value of the 7 in the difference? ones tens tenths hundredths

Answer 1

Answer:

hundredths place

Answer 2

Answer:

Hundredth

Step-by-step explanation:

Given parameters are:

Two decimal numbers

1) 0.58

2) 0.21

Required?

1) Difference between the two numbers

2) Place value of 7

Calculating the difference

0 . 5 8

- 0 . 2 1

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0 . 3 7

The difference between the two decimal numbers is 0.37

In other words, 0.58 - 0.21 = 0.37

Calculating the place value of 7.

Place value are the value represented by a digit in a number on the basis of its position in the number.

To understand what place value is, we'll simplify the result of the subtraction.;

0.37 = 0.3 + 0.07

We'll then simplify individual numbers

0.3 = 3/10

0.07 = 7/100

The denominator of each fraction is their place value.

Below 7, we have 100.

Hence, it's place value is hundredth