Solution - Long subtraction
3,321
Step-by-step explanation
1. Rewrite the numbers from top to bottom, aligned by their place values
Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | |
- | 3 | |||
2. Subtract the numbers using long subtraction method
Subtract the numbers in the ones column from the top number:
4-3=1
Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | |
- | 3 | |||
1 |
Write 2 in the tens place.
Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | |
- | 3 | |||
2 | 1 |
Write 3 in the hundreds place.
Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | |
- | 3 | |||
3 | 2 | 1 |
Write 3 in the thousands place.
Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | |
- | 3 | |||
3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
The solution is: 3,321
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