Solution - Long subtraction
2,413
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 | 7 | |
| - | 4 | |||
2. Subtract the numbers using long subtraction method
Subtract the numbers in the ones column from the top number:
7-4=3
| Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | |
| - | 4 | |||
| 3 |
Write 1 in the tens place.
| Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | |
| - | 4 | |||
| 1 | 3 |
Write 4 in the hundreds place.
| Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | |
| - | 4 | |||
| 4 | 1 | 3 |
Write 2 in the thousands place.
| Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | |
| - | 4 | |||
| 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
The solution is: 2,413
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