Solution - Long subtraction
Step-by-step explanation
1. Rewrite the numbers from top to bottom, aligned by their place values
| Place value | hundred thousands | ten thousands | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| - | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
2. Subtract the numbers using long subtraction method
Subtract the numbers in the ones column from the top number:
7-6=1
| Place value | hundred thousands | ten thousands | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| - | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 1 |
Because the upper digit (3) in the tens column is too small to get a positive difference, borrow 1 from the digit (2) in the next number place which becomes (1) and get (13).
| Place value | hundred thousands | ten thousands | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 1 | 13 | |||||
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| - | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 1 |
Subtract the numbers in the tens column from the top number:
13-5=8
| Place value | hundred thousands | ten thousands | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 1 | 13 | |||||
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| - | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 8 | 1 |
Subtract the numbers in the hundreds column from the top number:
1-0=1
| Place value | hundred thousands | ten thousands | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 1 | 13 | |||||
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| - | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 1 | 8 | 1 |
Subtract the numbers in the thousands column from the top number:
1-1=0
| Place value | hundred thousands | ten thousands | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 1 | 13 | |||||
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| - | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
Because the upper digit (1) in the ten thousands column is too small to get a positive difference, borrow 1 from the digit (4) in the next number place which becomes (3) and get (11).
| Place value | hundred thousands | ten thousands | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 3 | 11 | |||||
| 1 | 13 | |||||
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| - | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
Subtract the numbers in the ten thousands column from the top number:
11-7=4
| Place value | hundred thousands | ten thousands | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 3 | 11 | |||||
| 1 | 13 | |||||
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| - | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
Subtract the numbers in the hundred thousands column from the top number:
3-3=0
| Place value | hundred thousands | ten thousands | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 3 | 11 | |||||
| 1 | 13 | |||||
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| - | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
The solution is: 40,181
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