Solution - Long subtraction
5,852
Step-by-step explanation
1. Rewrite the numbers from top to bottom, aligned by their place values
| Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| - | 3 | 8 | 2 | |
2. Subtract the numbers using long subtraction method
Subtract the numbers in the ones column from the top number:
4-2=2
| Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| - | 3 | 8 | 2 | |
| 2 |
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 | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 1 | 13 | |||
| 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| - | 3 | 8 | 2 | |
| 2 |
Subtract the numbers in the tens column from the top number:
13-8=5
| Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 1 | 13 | |||
| 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| - | 3 | 8 | 2 | |
| 5 | 2 |
Because the upper digit (1) in the hundreds 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 (11).
| Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 5 | 11 | |||
| 1 | 13 | |||
| 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| - | 3 | 8 | 2 | |
| 5 | 2 |
Subtract the numbers in the hundreds column from the top number:
11-3=8
| Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 5 | 11 | |||
| 1 | 13 | |||
| 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| - | 3 | 8 | 2 | |
| 8 | 5 | 2 |
Write 5 in the thousands place.
| Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 5 | 11 | |||
| 1 | 13 | |||
| 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| - | 3 | 8 | 2 | |
| 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 |
The solution is: 5,852
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