Solution - Long subtraction
250
Step-by-step explanation
1. Rewrite the numbers from top to bottom, aligned by their place values
| Place value | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 2 | 5 | 5 | |
| - | 5 | ||
2. Subtract the numbers using long subtraction method
Subtract the numbers in the ones column from the top number:
5-5=0
| Place value | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 2 | 5 | 5 | |
| - | 5 | ||
| 0 |
Write 5 in the tens place.
| Place value | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 2 | 5 | 5 | |
| - | 5 | ||
| 5 | 0 |
Write 2 in the hundreds place.
| Place value | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 2 | 5 | 5 | |
| - | 5 | ||
| 2 | 5 | 0 |
The solution is: 250
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