Solution - Long subtraction

2, 408

2,408

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Step-by-step explanation

1. Rewrite the numbers from top to bottom, aligned by their place values

Place value	thousands	hundreds	tens	ones

	2	4	1	6
-				8

2. Subtract the numbers using long subtraction method

Because the upper digit (6) in the ones column is too small to get a positive difference, borrow 1 from the digit (1) in the next number place which becomes (0) and get (16).

Place value	thousands	hundreds	tens	ones
			0	16
	2	4	1	6
-				8

Subtract the numbers in the ones column from the top number:
16-8=8

Place value	thousands	hundreds	tens	ones
			0	16
	2	4	1	6
-				8
				8

Write 0 in the tens place.

Place value	thousands	hundreds	tens	ones
			0	16
	2	4	1	6
-				8
			0	8

Write 4 in the hundreds place.

Place value	thousands	hundreds	tens	ones
			0	16
	2	4	1	6
-				8
		4	0	8

Write 2 in the thousands place.

Place value	thousands	hundreds	tens	ones
			0	16
	2	4	1	6
-				8
	2	4	0	8

The solution is: 2,408

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