Solution - Long subtraction
5,938
Step-by-step explanation
1. Rewrite the numbers from top to bottom, aligned by their place values
Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
5 | 9 | 4 | 7 | |
- | 9 | |||
2. Subtract the numbers using long subtraction method
Because the upper digit (7) in the ones column is too small to get a positive difference, borrow 1 from the digit (4) in the next number place which becomes (3) and get (17).
Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
3 | 17 | |||
5 | 9 | 4 | 7 | |
- | 9 | |||
Subtract the numbers in the ones column from the top number:
17-9=8
Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
3 | 17 | |||
5 | 9 | 4 | 7 | |
- | 9 | |||
8 |
Write 3 in the tens place.
Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
3 | 17 | |||
5 | 9 | 4 | 7 | |
- | 9 | |||
3 | 8 |
Write 9 in the hundreds place.
Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
3 | 17 | |||
5 | 9 | 4 | 7 | |
- | 9 | |||
9 | 3 | 8 |
Write 5 in the thousands place.
Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
3 | 17 | |||
5 | 9 | 4 | 7 | |
- | 9 | |||
5 | 9 | 3 | 8 |
The solution is: 5,938
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