Calculate 2000-15-5

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Problem
Answer
1980

2000 − 15 − 5

Step 1 — Subtract

2000 − 15 − 5

  2000
−   15
──────
  1985

Subtract column by column (with borrowing):

Ones: 0 < 5 → borrow → 10 − 5 = 5

Tens: -1 < 1 → borrow → 9 − 1 = 8

Hundreds: -1 < 0 → borrow → 9 − 0 = 9

Thousands: 2 − 1 (borrow) − 0 = 1

Step 2 — Subtract
  1985
−    5
──────
  1980

Subtract each column:

Ones: 5 − 5 = 0

Tens: 8 − 0 = 8

Hundreds: 9 − 0 = 9

Thousands: 1 − 0 = 1

= 1980

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