Question

when you subtract decimals how do you line it up for example 6.2 - 5.984

Answer 1

line up the decimal points

6.2 - 5.984

6. 200
- 5.984
------
0.216

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Make both number have the same number of decimal places
Here 6.2 has only one decimal place while 5.984 has three decimal places.
So 6.2 has to be made up to 3 decimal places
6.2 = 6.200

Now you can perform the subtraction

6.200 - 5.984 and the digits will be properly lined up