Solve the Subtraction Equation: 6100 - 900

To solve the subtraction problem $6100 - 900$, follow these steps:

• Step 1: Align the numbers vertically by their place values:

$\begin{array}{c} 6100 \\ - \hspace{0.2em} 900 \\ \hline \end{array}$

• Step 2: Subtract each corresponding digit starting from the rightmost position.

Start with the units column, note that it is $0 - 0 = 0$.

Move to the tens column, again $0 - 0 = 0$.

Next is the hundreds column. As you perform $1 - 9$, notice that borrowing is needed.

Borrow 1 from the thousands column, which turns the '6' into '5', and bump the hundreds digit to '11'.

• Step 3: Perform the subtraction in the hundreds column:

$11 - 9 = 2$

• Step 4: Finally, perform subtraction in the thousands column:

$5 - 0 = 5$

Therefore, the result of $6100 - 900$ is $5200$.