Subtraction with Regrouping: 1,975,308 − 987,654

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What is 1,975,308 − 987,654?

Answer

1,975,308 − 987,654 =

987,654

With regrouping: 5 borrows — from the hundreds, the thousands, the ten thousands, the hundred thousands and the millions

1,975,308 − 987,654 in a column. Above the columns: the values after borrowing — a crossed-out digit is replaced by the number above it; +10 marks a column that received a borrowed ten.
		0	18	16	14	12	+10
		1(was 1, now 0)	9(was 9, now 18)	7(was 7, now 16)	5(was 5, now 14)	3(was 3, now 12)	0 (was 0, now 10)	8
	−		9	8	7	6	5	4
			9	8	7	6	5	4

Column by column: 1,975,308 − 987,654

Ones: 8 − 4 = 4 — write 4.
Tens: 0 is less than 5 — borrow 1 hundred: hundreds 3 → 2; 10 − 5 = 5 — write 5.
Hundreds: after borrowing, 2; 2 is less than 6 — borrow 1 thousand: thousands 5 → 4; 12 − 6 = 6 — write 6.
Thousands: after borrowing, 4; 4 is less than 7 — borrow 1 ten thousand: ten thousands 7 → 6; 14 − 7 = 7 — write 7.
Ten thousands: after borrowing, 6; 6 is less than 8 — borrow 1 hundred thousand: hundred thousands 9 → 8; 16 − 8 = 8 — write 8.
Hundred thousands: after borrowing, 8; 8 is less than 9 — borrow 1 million: millions 1 → 0; 18 − 9 = 9 — write 9.
Millions: after borrowing, 0 — a leading zero is not written.

1,975,308 − 987,654 = 987,654

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Column subtractions of 987,654

Example	Difference
1,975,303 − 987,654	987,649
1,975,304 − 987,654	987,650
1,975,305 − 987,654	987,651
1,975,306 − 987,654	987,652
1,975,307 − 987,654	987,653
1,975,308 − 987,654	987,654
1,975,309 − 987,654	987,655
1,975,310 − 987,654	987,656
1,975,311 − 987,654	987,657
1,975,312 − 987,654	987,658
1,975,313 − 987,654	987,659

FAQ

What is 1,975,308 − 987,654?

1,975,308 − 987,654 = 987,654

How do you check that 1,975,308 − 987,654 = 987,654?

Add the difference and the subtrahend: 987,654 + 987,654 = 1,975,308. Getting the minuend back means the difference is right.

How many times do you borrow in 1,975,308 − 987,654?

5 borrows: each time the top digit was smaller than the one below it, 1 was borrowed from the column on the left.

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