Solution - Long subtraction
840
Step-by-step explanation
1. Rewrite the numbers from top to bottom, aligned by their place values
| Place value | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 8 | 6 | 4 | |
| - | 2 | 4 | |
2. Subtract the numbers using long subtraction method
Subtract the numbers in the ones column from the top number:
4-4=0
| Place value | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 8 | 6 | 4 | |
| - | 2 | 4 | |
| 0 |
Subtract the numbers in the tens column from the top number:
6-2=4
| Place value | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 8 | 6 | 4 | |
| - | 2 | 4 | |
| 4 | 0 |
Write 8 in the hundreds place.
| Place value | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 8 | 6 | 4 | |
| - | 2 | 4 | |
| 8 | 4 | 0 |
The solution is: 840
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