Solution - Long subtraction
649
Step-by-step explanation
1. Rewrite the numbers from top to bottom, aligned by their place values
| Place value | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 7 | 0 | 8 | |
| - | 5 | 9 | |
2. Subtract the numbers using long subtraction method
Because the upper digit (8) in the ones column is too small to get a positive difference, borrow 1 from the number to the left (70) which becomes (69) and get (18).
| Place value | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 6 | 9 | 18 | |
| 7 | 0 | 8 | |
| - | 5 | 9 | |
Subtract the numbers in the ones column from the top number:
18-9=9
| Place value | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 6 | 9 | 18 | |
| 7 | 0 | 8 | |
| - | 5 | 9 | |
| 9 |
Subtract the numbers in the tens column from the top number:
9-5=4
| Place value | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 6 | 9 | 18 | |
| 7 | 0 | 8 | |
| - | 5 | 9 | |
| 4 | 9 |
Write 6 in the hundreds place.
| Place value | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 6 | 9 | 18 | |
| 7 | 0 | 8 | |
| - | 5 | 9 | |
| 6 | 4 | 9 |
The solution is: 649
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