Solution - Long subtraction
37,272
Step-by-step explanation
1. Rewrite the numbers from top to bottom, aligned by their place values
| Place value | ten thousands | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 3 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 7 | |
| - | 1 | 5 | |||
2. Subtract the numbers using long subtraction method
Subtract the numbers in the ones column from the top number:
7-5=2
| Place value | ten thousands | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 3 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 7 | |
| - | 1 | 5 | |||
| 2 |
Subtract the numbers in the tens column from the top number:
8-1=7
| Place value | ten thousands | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 3 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 7 | |
| - | 1 | 5 | |||
| 7 | 2 |
Write 2 in the hundreds place.
| Place value | ten thousands | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 3 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 7 | |
| - | 1 | 5 | |||
| 2 | 7 | 2 |
Write 7 in the thousands place.
| Place value | ten thousands | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 3 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 7 | |
| - | 1 | 5 | |||
| 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
Write 3 in the ten thousands place.
| Place value | ten thousands | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 3 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 7 | |
| - | 1 | 5 | |||
| 3 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
The solution is: 37,272
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