Solution - Long subtraction
520,041,000
Step-by-step explanation
1. Rewrite the numbers from top to bottom, aligned by their place values
| Place value | hundred millions | ten millions | millions | hundred thousands | ten thousands | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
2. Subtract the numbers using long subtraction method
Subtract the numbers in the ones column from the top number:
0-0=0
| Place value | hundred millions | ten millions | millions | hundred thousands | ten thousands | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 0 |
Subtract the numbers in the tens column from the top number:
0-0=0
| Place value | hundred millions | ten millions | millions | hundred thousands | ten thousands | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 0 | 0 |
Subtract the numbers in the hundreds column from the top number:
0-0=0
| Place value | hundred millions | ten millions | millions | hundred thousands | ten thousands | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 |
Subtract the numbers in the thousands column from the top number:
3-2=1
| Place value | hundred millions | ten millions | millions | hundred thousands | ten thousands | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Write 4 in the ten thousands place.
| Place value | hundred millions | ten millions | millions | hundred thousands | ten thousands | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Write 0 in the hundred thousands place.
| Place value | hundred millions | ten millions | millions | hundred thousands | ten thousands | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Write 0 in the millions place.
| Place value | hundred millions | ten millions | millions | hundred thousands | ten thousands | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Write 2 in the ten millions place.
| Place value | hundred millions | ten millions | millions | hundred thousands | ten thousands | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Write 5 in the hundred millions place.
| Place value | hundred millions | ten millions | millions | hundred thousands | ten thousands | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The solution is: 520,041,000
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