Question

What is the value of $\begin{aligned} &1{,}000{,}000{,}000{,}000 \\ &\quad {}- 777{,}777{,}777{,}777? \end{aligned}$

$222{,}222{,}222{,}222$

$222{,}222{,}222{,}223$

$233{,}333{,}333{,}333$

$322{,}222{,}222{,}223$

$333{,}333{,}333{,}333$

Solution:

Lining up the subtraction gives $\begin{aligned} &1{,}000{,}000{,}000{,}000 \\ &\quad {}- 777{,}777{,}777{,}777 \\ &= 222{,}222{,}222{,}223. \end{aligned}$

Equivalently, to climb from $777{,}777{,}777{,}777$ up to $1{,}000{,}000{,}000{,}000$ you add $3$ in the units place and $2$ in each of the other eleven places.

Thus, the correct answer is B .

1991 AMC 8 Problem 1

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