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Explain how place value could be used to find the difference of 4.23 and 2.75

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You can use place value to align the numbers together so you can subtract correctly. Match the ones, tenths, and hundredths digits together to subtract.

4.23
2.75

then you can subtract correctly without any mistakes in place value
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