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=== Example === Subtracting the numbers 792 and 308, starting with the ones column, 2 is smaller than 8. Using the borrowing method, 10 is borrowed from 90, reducing 90 to 80. This changes the problem to <math>12-8</math>. {|style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 2px; text-align:center" | |{{verth|Hundreds}} |{{verth|Tens}} |{{verth|'''''Ones'''''}} |- | || ||'''8'''||'''<sup>1</sup>2''' |- | ||7 ||<s>9</s> ||<s>2</s> |- |style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;"|β ||style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;"|3 ||style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;"|0 ||style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;"|8 |- | || || ||4 |} In the tens column, the difference between 80 and 0 is 80. {|style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 2px; text-align:center" | |{{verth|Hundreds}} |{{verth|'''''Tens'''''}} |{{verth|Ones}} |- | || ||'''8'''||<sup>1</sup>'''2''' |- | ||7 ||<s>9</s> ||<s>2</s> |- |style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;"|β ||style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;"|3 ||style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;"|0 ||style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;"|8 |- | || ||8||4 |} In the hundreds column, the difference between 700 and 300 is 400. {|style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 2px; text-align:center" | |{{verth|'''''Hundreds'''''}} |{{verth|Tens}} |{{verth|Ones}} |- | || ||'''8'''||<sup>1</sup>'''2''' |- | ||7 ||<s>9</s> ||<s>2</s> |- |style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;"|β ||style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;"|3 ||style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;"|0 ||style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;"|8 |- | ||4||8||4 |} The result: <math display="block">792 - 308 = 484</math>
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