Solution - Long subtraction
2,215
Step-by-step explanation
1. Rewrite the numbers from top to bottom, aligned by their place values
| Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 4 | 8 | 1 | 6 | |
| - | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
2. Subtract the numbers using long subtraction method
Subtract the numbers in the ones column from the top number:
6-1=5
| Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 4 | 8 | 1 | 6 | |
| - | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 |
Subtract the numbers in the tens column from the top number:
1-0=1
| Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 4 | 8 | 1 | 6 | |
| - | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 5 |
Subtract the numbers in the hundreds column from the top number:
8-6=2
| Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 4 | 8 | 1 | 6 | |
| - | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 5 |
Subtract the numbers in the thousands column from the top number:
4-2=2
| Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 4 | 8 | 1 | 6 | |
| - | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
The solution is: 2,215
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