Solution - Long subtraction
6,655
Step-by-step explanation
1. Rewrite the numbers from top to bottom, aligned by their place values
| Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 6 | 6 | 5 | 8 | |
| - | 3 | |||
2. Subtract the numbers using long subtraction method
Subtract the numbers in the ones column from the top number:
8-3=5
| Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 6 | 6 | 5 | 8 | |
| - | 3 | |||
| 5 |
Write 5 in the tens place.
| Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 6 | 6 | 5 | 8 | |
| - | 3 | |||
| 5 | 5 |
Write 6 in the hundreds place.
| Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 6 | 6 | 5 | 8 | |
| - | 3 | |||
| 6 | 5 | 5 |
Write 6 in the thousands place.
| Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 6 | 6 | 5 | 8 | |
| - | 3 | |||
| 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
The solution is: 6,655
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