Solution - Long subtraction
2,713
Step-by-step explanation
1. Rewrite the numbers from top to bottom, aligned by their place values
| Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 2 | 8 | 9 | 5 | |
| - | 1 | 8 | 2 | |
2. Subtract the numbers using long subtraction method
Subtract the numbers in the ones column from the top number:
5-2=3
| Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 2 | 8 | 9 | 5 | |
| - | 1 | 8 | 2 | |
| 3 |
Subtract the numbers in the tens column from the top number:
9-8=1
| Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 2 | 8 | 9 | 5 | |
| - | 1 | 8 | 2 | |
| 1 | 3 |
Subtract the numbers in the hundreds column from the top number:
8-1=7
| Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 2 | 8 | 9 | 5 | |
| - | 1 | 8 | 2 | |
| 7 | 1 | 3 |
Write 2 in the thousands place.
| Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 2 | 8 | 9 | 5 | |
| - | 1 | 8 | 2 | |
| 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 |
The solution is: 2,713
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