Can you please tell me what you get when you subtract 1000 miles from 231.05 miles. Thanks!

Answer 1

what is 231.05 - 1000 ?

You have to decide if a negative distance has a meaning within the context of your question or problem.

Answer 2

Well the person in the word problem wants to run a total of 1000 miles in a year and within a 2 month process she ran a total of 231.05, so now they are asking how many more miles she has to run in the year to reach her goal of 1000 miles. So I think I should subtract 231.05 miles from 1000 miles.

Answer 3

then you would subtract 231.5 FROM 1000,
not "..subtract 1000 miles from 231.05 miles" the way you stated it.

that is
type in 1000 - 231.5 =

Answer 4

So I would get 768.50 if I did it on a caluclator, but on paper, if i put 1000 on top, how do I align the 231.50 ?

Answer 5

write it this way,
1000.0
-231.5

make sure the decimal place lines up in the same column