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| Examples: | Subtract 498 from 884 | Subtract 1,924,005 from 3,402,731 | 
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|    |  |    | The second step is to subtract 9 (498) from 8 on the tens' column in fig 1. So, cancel one bead from the hundreds column (it is like to subtract 10) and add one on the tens column.(-10+1=-9) (fig 2). | |||||||
| fig 1 | fig 2 |