Solution - Long subtraction
275
Step-by-step explanation
1. Rewrite the numbers from top to bottom, aligned by their place values
| Place value | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 3 | 5 | 5 | |
| 2 | 5 | ||
| - | 5 | 5 | |
2. Subtract the numbers using long subtraction method
Because the upper digit (5) in the ones column is too small to get a positive difference, borrow 1 from the digit (5) in the next number place which becomes (4) and get (15).
| Place value | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 4 | 15 | ||
| 3 | 5 | 5 | |
| 2 | 5 | ||
| - | 5 | 5 | |
Subtract the numbers in the ones column from the top number:
15-5-5=5
| Place value | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 4 | 15 | ||
| 3 | 5 | 5 | |
| 2 | 5 | ||
| - | 5 | 5 | |
| 5 |
Because the upper digit (4) in the tens column is too small to get a positive difference, borrow 1 from the digit (3) in the next number place which becomes (2) and get (14).
| Place value | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 2 | 14 | ||
| 4 | 15 | ||
| 3 | 5 | 5 | |
| 2 | 5 | ||
| - | 5 | 5 | |
| 5 |
Subtract the numbers in the tens column from the top number:
14-2-5=7
| Place value | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 2 | 14 | ||
| 4 | 15 | ||
| 3 | 5 | 5 | |
| 2 | 5 | ||
| - | 5 | 5 | |
| 7 | 5 |
Write 2 in the hundreds place.
| Place value | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 2 | 14 | ||
| 4 | 15 | ||
| 3 | 5 | 5 | |
| 2 | 5 | ||
| - | 5 | 5 | |
| 2 | 7 | 5 |
The solution is: 275
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