Solution - Long subtraction
889
Step-by-step explanation
1. Rewrite the numbers from top to bottom, aligned by their place values
| Place value | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 8 | 9 | 1 | |
| - | 2 | ||
2. Subtract the numbers using long subtraction method
Because the upper digit (1) in the ones column is too small to get a positive difference, borrow 1 from the digit (9) in the next number place which becomes (8) and get (11).
| Place value | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 8 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 9 | 1 | |
| - | 2 | ||
Subtract the numbers in the ones column from the top number:
11-2=9
| Place value | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 8 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 9 | 1 | |
| - | 2 | ||
| 9 |
Write 8 in the tens place.
| Place value | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 8 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 9 | 1 | |
| - | 2 | ||
| 8 | 9 |
Write 8 in the hundreds place.
| Place value | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 8 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 9 | 1 | |
| - | 2 | ||
| 8 | 8 | 9 |
The solution is: 889
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