Solution - Long subtraction
5,533
Step-by-step explanation
1. Rewrite the numbers from top to bottom, aligned by their place values
| Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | |
| - | 1 | 1 | ||
2. Subtract the numbers using long subtraction method
Subtract the numbers in the ones column from the top number:
4-1=3
| Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | |
| - | 1 | 1 | ||
| 3 |
Subtract the numbers in the tens column from the top number:
4-1=3
| Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | |
| - | 1 | 1 | ||
| 3 | 3 |
Write 5 in the hundreds place.
| Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | |
| - | 1 | 1 | ||
| 5 | 3 | 3 |
Write 5 in the thousands place.
| Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | |
| - | 1 | 1 | ||
| 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
The solution is: 5,533
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