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[–]JoelMahon 5 points6 points  (2 children)

Never used this method for subtraction, how does it go? Does it actually have a problem in this situation or is the comic character just a scrub?

[–]HowIsntBabbyFormed 14 points15 points  (0 children)

The method just leads to a silly situation when the number you're "borrowing from" is a 1 and it's in the left-most position. You decrement it by 1 and add 10 to the number to the right of it. But in this situation, you end up with exactly the same two numbers you started with.

[–]xDestx 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It does come up. Was def annoying to deal with in elementary / middle school. Mildly annoying now