Solution - Long subtraction
272
Step-by-step explanation
1. Rewrite the numbers from top to bottom, aligned by their place values
| Place value | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | |
| 1 | 4 | 4 | |
| - | 1 | 6 | |
2. Subtract the numbers using long subtraction method
Because the upper digit (2) in the ones 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 (12).
| Place value | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 2 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 2 | |
| 1 | 4 | 4 | |
| - | 1 | 6 | |
Subtract the numbers in the ones column from the top number:
12-4-6=2
| Place value | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 2 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 2 | |
| 1 | 4 | 4 | |
| - | 1 | 6 | |
| 2 |
Because the upper digit (2) in the tens 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 (12).
| Place value | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 3 | 12 | ||
| 2 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 2 | |
| 1 | 4 | 4 | |
| - | 1 | 6 | |
| 2 |
Subtract the numbers in the tens column from the top number:
12-4-1=7
| Place value | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 3 | 12 | ||
| 2 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 2 | |
| 1 | 4 | 4 | |
| - | 1 | 6 | |
| 7 | 2 |
Subtract the numbers in the hundreds column from the top number:
3-1=2
| Place value | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 3 | 12 | ||
| 2 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 2 | |
| 1 | 4 | 4 | |
| - | 1 | 6 | |
| 2 | 7 | 2 |
The solution is: 272
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