Solution - Long subtraction
205
Step-by-step explanation
1. Rewrite the numbers from top to bottom, aligned by their place values
Place value | hundreds | tens | ones |
2 | 1 | 7 | |
- | 1 | 2 | |
2. Subtract the numbers using long subtraction method
Subtract the numbers in the ones column from the top number:
7-2=5
Place value | hundreds | tens | ones |
2 | 1 | 7 | |
- | 1 | 2 | |
5 |
Subtract the numbers in the tens column from the top number:
1-1=0
Place value | hundreds | tens | ones |
2 | 1 | 7 | |
- | 1 | 2 | |
0 | 5 |
Write 2 in the hundreds place.
Place value | hundreds | tens | ones |
2 | 1 | 7 | |
- | 1 | 2 | |
2 | 0 | 5 |
The solution is: 205
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