Solution - Long subtraction
238
Step-by-step explanation
1. Rewrite the numbers from top to bottom, aligned by their place values
| Place value | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 2 | 8 | 8 | |
| - | 5 | 0 | |
2. Subtract the numbers using long subtraction method
Subtract the numbers in the ones column from the top number:
8-0=8
| Place value | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 2 | 8 | 8 | |
| - | 5 | 0 | |
| 8 |
Subtract the numbers in the tens column from the top number:
8-5=3
| Place value | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 2 | 8 | 8 | |
| - | 5 | 0 | |
| 3 | 8 |
Write 2 in the hundreds place.
| Place value | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 2 | 8 | 8 | |
| - | 5 | 0 | |
| 2 | 3 | 8 |
The solution is: 238
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