Solution - Long subtraction
1,834,237,514
Step-by-step explanation
1. Rewrite the numbers from top to bottom, aligned by their place values
| Place value | billions | hundred millions | ten millions | millions | hundred thousands | ten thousands | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 9 | |
| - | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |||
2. Subtract the numbers using long subtraction method
Subtract the numbers in the ones column from the top number:
9-5=4
| Place value | billions | hundred millions | ten millions | millions | hundred thousands | ten thousands | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 9 | |
| - | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |||
| 4 |
Subtract the numbers in the tens column from the top number:
3-2=1
| Place value | billions | hundred millions | ten millions | millions | hundred thousands | ten thousands | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 9 | |
| - | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |||
| 1 | 4 |
Subtract the numbers in the hundreds column from the top number:
5-0=5
| Place value | billions | hundred millions | ten millions | millions | hundred thousands | ten thousands | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 9 | |
| - | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |||
| 5 | 1 | 4 |
Subtract the numbers in the thousands column from the top number:
7-0=7
| Place value | billions | hundred millions | ten millions | millions | hundred thousands | ten thousands | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 9 | |
| - | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |||
| 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
Subtract the numbers in the ten thousands column from the top number:
3-0=3
| Place value | billions | hundred millions | ten millions | millions | hundred thousands | ten thousands | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 9 | |
| - | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |||
| 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
Subtract the numbers in the hundred thousands column from the top number:
9-7=2
| Place value | billions | hundred millions | ten millions | millions | hundred thousands | ten thousands | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 9 | |
| - | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |||
| 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
Subtract the numbers in the millions column from the top number:
5-1=4
| Place value | billions | hundred millions | ten millions | millions | hundred thousands | ten thousands | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 9 | |
| - | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |||
| 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
Write 3 in the ten millions place.
| Place value | billions | hundred millions | ten millions | millions | hundred thousands | ten thousands | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 9 | |
| - | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |||
| 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
Write 8 in the hundred millions place.
| Place value | billions | hundred millions | ten millions | millions | hundred thousands | ten thousands | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 9 | |
| - | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |||
| 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
Write 1 in the billions place.
| Place value | billions | hundred millions | ten millions | millions | hundred thousands | ten thousands | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 9 | |
| - | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |||
| 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
The solution is: 1,834,237,514
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