A way you can show work is just not use the commas then subtract then put the commas in when you're done. And, if the bigger number isn't as big or has as many numbers behind the decimal as the first one, add a zero at the end.
3 1/4 ÷ 2 = 1.625 or 1 5/8 cups of flour in each bowl.
Use long subtraction to evaluate.
$418.51
I got 75582.
Explanation:
First, group the 40 identical candies into 20 pairs. It doesn't matter how since the candies are identical. This grouping will ensure that any assigment will contain at least two candies.
Then think of the 20 groups a 20 beads on a string. We are looking to place 11 separators between them to obtain 12 segments, each with a varying number of beads between them. How many ways are there to place 11 separators to 19 potential spaces between beads? The asnwer is 
It is simply would be: √π
= √3.14
= 1.7728
In short, Your Answer would be: 1.7728
Hope this helps!