Solution - Long subtraction
Step-by-step explanation
1. Rewrite the numbers from top to bottom, aligned by their place values
| Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | |
| - | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 |
2. Subtract the numbers using long subtraction method
Because the upper digit (3) in the ones column is too small to get a positive difference, borrow 1 from the digit (5) in the next number place which becomes (4) and get (13).
| Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 4 | 13 | |||
| 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | |
| - | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 |
Subtract the numbers in the ones column from the top number:
13-4=9
| Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 4 | 13 | |||
| 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | |
| - | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| 9 |
Because the upper digit (4) 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 (14).
| Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 5 | 14 | |||
| 4 | 13 | |||
| 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | |
| - | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| 9 |
Subtract the numbers in the tens column from the top number:
14-5=9
| Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 5 | 14 | |||
| 4 | 13 | |||
| 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | |
| - | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| 9 | 9 |
Because the upper digit (5) in the hundreds column is too small to get a positive difference, borrow 1 from the digit (8) in the next number place which becomes (7) and get (15).
| Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 7 | 15 | |||
| 5 | 14 | |||
| 4 | 13 | |||
| 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | |
| - | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| 9 | 9 |
Subtract the numbers in the hundreds column from the top number:
15-9=6
| Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 7 | 15 | |||
| 5 | 14 | |||
| 4 | 13 | |||
| 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | |
| - | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| 6 | 9 | 9 |
Subtract the numbers in the thousands column from the top number:
7-2=5
| Place value | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 7 | 15 | |||
| 5 | 14 | |||
| 4 | 13 | |||
| 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | |
| - | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| 5 | 6 | 9 | 9 |
The solution is: 5,699
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