Subtract Numbers: 697 - 600 - 738 - 601 - 1,184. Calculate the Difference and Learn How To Do the Subtraction, Column Method. Online Calculator

The numbers subtraction to perform:
697 - 600 - 738 - 601 - 1,184 = ?

Add the negative numbers together.

The operation to perform:
- 600 - 738 - 601 - 1,184

Add the numbers as if they were positive.

But at the end attach a minus sign in front of the result.

Method used below: column adding, from right to left (traditional).


Stack the numbers on top of each other.

The ones digits line up in the first column from the right.

The tens digits line up in the next column to the left.

And so on...


  600
  738
  601
+ 1184

?

Add column by column; start with the column on the right.

Add the digits in the ones column:

0 + 8 + 1 + 4 = 13

How did we add the digits? Explanation below.

Group the ones together in order to make tens:


0 + 8 + 1 + 4 =


8 + 1 + 4 =


8 + 5 =


8 + 5 =


8 + 2 + 3 =


8 + 2 + 3 =


10 + 3 =


13


Change the order in which the numbers are added, the sum stays the same.
Break some number(s) into component parts, the sum stays the same.


The sum is a two-digit number: 13.


3 is the ones digit.
Write it down at the base of the ones column.


1 is the tens digit.
Carry it over to the tens column.
Write the digit above that column.
Add it with the rest of the digits in that column.

   1
  600
  738
  601
+ 1184

    3

Add the digits in the tens column:

0 + 3 + 0 + 8 + 1 = 12

How did we add the digits? Explanation below.

Group the ones together in order to make tens:


0 + 3 + 0 + 8 + 1 =


3 + 8 + 1 =


(3 + 1) + 8 =


4 + 8 =


4 + 8 =


2 + 2 + 8 =


2 + 2 + 8 =


(2 + 8) + 2 =


10 + 2 =


12



The sum is a two-digit number: 12.


2 is the tens digit.
Write it down at the base of the tens column.


1 is the hundreds digit.
Carry it over to the hundreds column.
Write the digit above that column.
Add it with the rest of the digits in that column.

  11
  600
  738
  601
+ 1184

   23

Add the digits in the hundreds column:

6 + 7 + 6 + 1 + 1 = 21

How did we add the digits? Explanation below.

Group the ones together in order to make tens:


6 + 7 + 6 + 1 + 1 =


6 + 7 + 6 + 1 + 1 =


(6 + 1 + 1) + 7 + 6 =


8 + 7 + 6 =


8 + 7 + 6 =


8 + 7 + 3 + 2 + 1 =


8 + 7 + 3 + 2 + 1 =


(8 + 2) + (7 + 3) + 1 =


10 + 10 + 1 =


10 + 10 + 1 =


20 + 1 =


21



The sum is a two-digit number: 21.


1 is the hundreds digit.
Write it down at the base of the hundreds column.


2 is the thousands digit.
Carry it over to the thousands column.
Write the digit above that column.
Add it with the rest of the digits in that column.

 211
  600
  738
  601
+ 1184

  123

Add the digits in the thousands column:

1 + 2 = 3

3 is the thousands digit.
Write it down at the base of the thousands column.


 211
  600
  738
  601
+ 1184

 3123

Addition result:

600 + 738 + 601 + 1,184 = 3,123

Final answer:
- 600 - 738 - 601 - 1,184 = - 3,123

The initial operation has become:

697 - 600 - 738 - 601 - 1,184 =


697 - 3,123

Now subtract the final numbers above:
697 - 3,123 = ?

The second number is larger than the first.

The answer will be negative (less than zero).


To subtract the numbers just reverse them:

3,123 - 697 = ?


But at the end attach a minus sign in front of the result.


Method used below: column subtracting, from right to left (traditional)

Stack the numbers on top of each other.

The ones digits line up in the first column from the right.

The tens digits line up in the next column to the left.

And so on...


 3123
-  697

?

Subtract column by column; start with the column on the right

Subtract the digits in the ones column:

3 - 7 = ?

The second digit is larger than the first.
Borrow from the next column to the left.

The borrowing is a two step process:


Subtract 1 from the top digit in the column of the tens: 2 - 1 = 1.
Cross out the top digit you've borrowed 1 from: 2.
Write the answer above that digit: 1.


When borrowing, 1 ten = 10 ones.
Add 10 to the top digit in the column of the ones: 10 + 3 = 13.


   1 
 31213
-  697

     

After borrowing, the subtraction has become:
13 - 7 = 10 + 3 - 7 = 10 + 3 - 7 = 3 + (10 - 7) = 3 + 3 = 6.
6 is the ones digit.
Write it down at the base of the ones column.


   1 
 31213
-  697

    6

Subtract the digits in the tens column:

2 1 - 9 = ?

The second digit is larger than the first.
Borrow from the next column to the left.

Subtract 1 from the top digit in the column of the hundreds: 1 - 1 = 0.
Cross out the top digit you've borrowed 1 from: 1.
Write the answer above that digit: 0.


When borrowing, 1 hundred = 10 tens.
Add 10 to the top digit in the column of the tens: 10 + 1 = 11.


  011 
 31213
-  697

    6

After borrowing, the subtraction has become:
11 - 9 = 10 + 1 - 9 = 10 + 1 - 9 = 1 + (10 - 9) = 1 + 1 = 2.
2 is the tens digit.
Write it down at the base of the tens column.


  011 
 31213
-  697

   26

Subtract the digits in the hundreds column:

1 0 - 6 = ?

The second digit is larger than the first.
Borrow from the next column to the left.

Subtract 1 from the top digit in the column of the thousands: 3 - 1 = 2.
Cross out the top digit you've borrowed 1 from: 3.
Write the answer above that digit: 2.


When borrowing, 1 thousand = 10 hundreds.
Add 10 to the top digit in the column of the hundreds: 10 + 0 = 10.


 21011 
 31213
-  697

   26

After borrowing, the subtraction has become:
10 - 6 = 4.
4 is the hundreds digit.
Write it down at the base of the hundreds column.


 21011 
 31213
-  697

  426

Subtract the digits in the thousands column:

There is a single digit in this column: 3 2.
2 is the thousands digit.
Write it down at the base of the thousands column.


 21011 
 31213
-  697

 2426

The answer will be negative (less than zero):

697 - 3,123 = - 2,426

Final answer:
697 - 600 - 738 - 601 - 1,184 = - 2,426

How to subtract the numbers:
705 + 602 - 744 + 606 + 1,191 = ?


Subtraction Calculator: Subtract Numbers & Learn to Calculate the Difference

1. Stack the numbers on top of each other. 2. Subtract column by column starting from the column on the right.

How to subtract numbers? Let's learn with an example

The operation to perform: 52 - 37

Method used below: column subtracting, from right to left (traditional)


  • Stack the numbers on top of each other.
    • The ones digits line up in the first column from the right.
    • The tens digits line up in the next column to the left.
    •  52
      - 37

      ?
  • Subtract column by column; start with the column on the right.
  • Subtract the digits in the ones column: 2 - 7 = ?
    • The second digit is larger than the first. We need to borrow from the next column to the left:
      • Subtract 1 from the top digit in the column of the tens: 5 - 1 = 4.
      • Cross out the top digit you've borrowed 1 from: 5.
      • Write the answer above that digit: 4.
      • When borrowing, 1 ten = 10 ones: add 10 to the top digit in the column of the ones: 10 + 2 = 12.
    •  4 
       512
      - 37

         
    • After borrowing, the subtraction has become: 12 - 7 = 5.
    • 5 is the ones digit - write it down at the base of the ones column:
      •  4 
         512
        - 37

          5
  • Subtract the digits in the tens column:
    • 5 4 - 3 = 1.
    • 1 is the tens digit - write it down at the base of the tens column.
    •  4 
       512
      - 37

       15
  • Final answer: 52 - 37 = 15



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