Question

What is the mathmatical definition of decomposing

Answer 1

Decomposing is an important mathematical concept because it helps students develop an understanding of how addition and subtraction works. Students can put together (compose) or take apart (decompose) objects to represent addition and subtraction.

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Answer 2

It's when we break a number apart. Like as if we take 3,864. And we take each number and put it in a area of the number.

3=Thousands.
8=Hundreds.
6=Tens.
4=Ones.

Fairly simple and easy.