Solution - Long subtraction
54,641
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 |
| 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |
| - | 2 | 5 | |||
2. Subtract the numbers using long subtraction method
Subtract the numbers in the ones column from the top number:
6-5=1
| Place value | ten thousands | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |
| - | 2 | 5 | |||
| 1 |
Subtract the numbers in the tens column from the top number:
6-2=4
| Place value | ten thousands | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |
| - | 2 | 5 | |||
| 4 | 1 |
Write 6 in the hundreds place.
| Place value | ten thousands | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |
| - | 2 | 5 | |||
| 6 | 4 | 1 |
Write 4 in the thousands place.
| Place value | ten thousands | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |
| - | 2 | 5 | |||
| 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
Write 5 in the ten thousands place.
| Place value | ten thousands | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |
| - | 2 | 5 | |||
| 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
The solution is: 54,641
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