Solution - Long subtraction
5,588
Step-by-step explanation
1. Rewrite the numbers from top to bottom, aligned by their place values
| Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | |
| - | 4 | 4 | ||
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 | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 2 | 12 | |||
| 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | |
| - | 4 | 4 | ||
Subtract the numbers in the ones column from the top number:
12-4=8
| Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 2 | 12 | |||
| 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | |
| - | 4 | 4 | ||
| 8 |
Because the upper digit (2) in the tens column is too small to get a positive difference, borrow 1 from the digit (6) in the next number place which becomes (5) and get (12).
| Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 5 | 12 | |||
| 2 | 12 | |||
| 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | |
| - | 4 | 4 | ||
| 8 |
Subtract the numbers in the tens column from the top number:
12-4=8
| Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 5 | 12 | |||
| 2 | 12 | |||
| 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | |
| - | 4 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 8 |
Write 5 in the hundreds place.
| Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 5 | 12 | |||
| 2 | 12 | |||
| 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | |
| - | 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 8 | 8 |
Write 5 in the thousands place.
| Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 5 | 12 | |||
| 2 | 12 | |||
| 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | |
| - | 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 |
The solution is: 5,588
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