Solution - Long subtraction
2,883
Step-by-step explanation
1. Rewrite the numbers from top to bottom, aligned by their place values
| Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 2 | 9 | 1 | 6 | |
| 1 | 0 | |||
| - | 2 | 3 | ||
2. Subtract the numbers using long subtraction method
Subtract the numbers in the ones column from the top number:
6-0-3=3
| Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 2 | 9 | 1 | 6 | |
| 1 | 0 | |||
| - | 2 | 3 | ||
| 3 |
Because the upper digit (1) in the tens column is too small to get a positive difference, borrow 1 from the digit (9) in the next number place which becomes (8) and get (11).
| Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 8 | 11 | |||
| 2 | 9 | 1 | 6 | |
| 1 | 0 | |||
| - | 2 | 3 | ||
| 3 |
Subtract the numbers in the tens column from the top number:
11-1-2=8
| Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 8 | 11 | |||
| 2 | 9 | 1 | 6 | |
| 1 | 0 | |||
| - | 2 | 3 | ||
| 8 | 3 |
Write 8 in the hundreds place.
| Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 8 | 11 | |||
| 2 | 9 | 1 | 6 | |
| 1 | 0 | |||
| - | 2 | 3 | ||
| 8 | 8 | 3 |
Write 2 in the thousands place.
| Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 8 | 11 | |||
| 2 | 9 | 1 | 6 | |
| 1 | 0 | |||
| - | 2 | 3 | ||
| 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 |
The solution is: 2,883
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