Composing and Decomposing Numbers
349 |
is made up of |
|
Composing
So 349 is composed of 3 hundreds, 4 tens and 9 units, in other words:
| 300 + 40 + 9 ⇒ 349 |
| "Composing" |
Example: Compose 2 hundreds, 7 tens and 9 units.
200 + 70 + 9 = 279
Decomposing
Decomposing is when you break the number apart
| 349 ⇒ 300 + 40 + 9 |
| "Decomposing" |
Example: Decompose 3,456
3,456 = 3,000 + 400 + 50 + 6