Solution - Long subtraction
2,902
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 | 2 | 5 | |
| - | 2 | 3 | ||
2. Subtract the numbers using long subtraction method
Subtract the numbers in the ones column from the top number:
5-3=2
| Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 2 | 9 | 2 | 5 | |
| - | 2 | 3 | ||
| 2 |
Subtract the numbers in the tens column from the top number:
2-2=0
| Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 2 | 9 | 2 | 5 | |
| - | 2 | 3 | ||
| 0 | 2 |
Write 9 in the hundreds place.
| Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 2 | 9 | 2 | 5 | |
| - | 2 | 3 | ||
| 9 | 0 | 2 |
Write 2 in the thousands place.
| Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 2 | 9 | 2 | 5 | |
| - | 2 | 3 | ||
| 2 | 9 | 0 | 2 |
The solution is: 2,902
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