Solve Vertical Subtraction: 234 minus 26 Step-by-Step

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Solution Steps

00:00 Solve

00:03 Each time we consider subtracting 2 digits, and then we place

00:06 4 is less than 6

00:09 Therefore we subtract 1 from the tens and add this amount to the ones

00:14 So now instead of 4 we will have 14

00:18 We subtract the ones from the ones plus ten

00:21 Place in the ones

00:24 Subtract tens from tens, and place in tens

00:27 Place 0 in the missing digits

00:30 Subtract hundreds from hundreds, and place in hundreds

00:33 And this is the solution to the question

Step-by-Step Solution

To solve the subtraction problem $234 - 26$ using vertical subtraction, we follow these steps:

Step 1: Align the numbers by place value.
234
- 26
$\underline{\phantom{776}}$
Step 2: Subtract the digits starting from the right (units place):
- Subtract the digits in the units place: Since $4 < 6$ , we need to borrow. Borrow 1 from the tens place of 234 (making the tens digit 2 into 1), turn 4 into 14 in the units place.
- Now, $14 - 6 = 8$ .
Step 3: Move to the tens place:
- Because we borrowed 1, the top digit in the tens column is now 2 (originally 3, but reduced to 2 because we borrowed 1 for the units place).
- Subtract the digits in the tens place: $2 - 2 = 0$ .
Step 4: Move to the hundreds place:
The hundreds place is straightforward as there's no borrowing involved and the top digit is still 2, so $2 - 0 = 2$ .

Putting it all together, the calculation becomes:
$234$
$- 26$
$\underline{208}$

Therefore, the solution to the problem is $\textbf{208}$ .