Partitioning is a useful way of breaking big numbers up into smaller pieces, so they are easier to work with. Isn鈥檛 that right, guys?
Take the number 23, let鈥檚 break it down. Not like that, like this鈥
You can think of 23 as one big 20 and a little three. Or how about we split that another way?
Into a ten and a 13, together they also make 23.
We can break up even bigger numbers too.
Like say鈥746鈥NCOMING!
And look at what we have?
One big 700, one 40 and a six鈥746.
Partitioning means you can split numbers apart, like into ones, tens and even hundreds.
This breaks down big numbers when adding and subtracting and doing other 鈥榝iddly鈥 maths problems.
Uh oh guys, time to split.
Partitioning
Partitioning is a useful way of breaking numbers up so they are easier to work with.
The number 746 can be broken down into hundreds, tens and ones. 7 hundreds, 4 tens and 6 ones.
The number 23 can be broken down into 2 tens and 3 ones or 10 and 13.
However you break the number down, it will make maths easier!
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