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What is 400 minus 221 | Subtraction using place value

Q: What is 400 minus 221?

What is 400 minus 221? The answer is 179. Subtract numbers using place value method, video tutorial & instructions for each step.

Subtraction using Regrouping or Borrowing

Step 1: Arrange the numbers 400, 221 to align them properly in respective columns for ones, tens, hundreds, and Thousands… stacking them vertically.
Step 2: Begin by subtracting the digits in the one's place. If the bottom digit is greater than the top digit, borrow 1 from the tens column which will be combined to the number at the one's place.
Step 3: After giving 1 to the one's place, the number at the ten's place will be reduced by one number. Next, subtract the numbers at the one's place.
Step 4: We apply step 2 to the remaining digits in two-digit and larger numbers. As and when we borrow, we subtract the numbers simultaneously. Finally, we get the answer as 179

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Answer: 400 - 221 = 179

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