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How do I decompose 63 - 28 into two problems?

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63 = 60 + 3. 28 = 20 + 8. 63 - 28 = (60 + 3) - (20 + 8) = 60 + 3 - 20 - 8 = 35.

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How do I decompose 1,000,000?

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1,000,000 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0.

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How do I decompose 29 - 13?

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29 - 13 = (20 + 9) - (10 + 3) = (20 - 10) + ( 9 - 3) = (10) + (6) = 16.

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How do I decompose 100?

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In a practical sense, it's already decomposed, but technically you could express it as 100 + 0 + 0.

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How do I decompose 1 3/8?

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1 3/8 = 1.375 = 1 + .3 + .07 + .005.

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How do you decompose 72,461?

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72,461 = 70,000 + 2,000 + 400 + 60 + 1.

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Decompile 45 into T and U

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45 = 40 + 5.

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How do you decompose 24 x 4?

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24 x 4 = (20 + 4) x 4 = 80 + 16 = 96.

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Decompose these number 2.075

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2 + .07 + .005. That's two plus seven one-hundredths plus five one-thousandths.

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How do you decompose 18+19

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That's ten plus 8 plus ten plus 9.

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Decompose the following 824-245

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800 plus 20 plus 4 minus 200 minus 40 minus 5.

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How do I decompose 100+227

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100 plus 200 plus 20 plus 7.

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How to decompose 6.053

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That's 6 plus 5 hundredths plus 3 thousandths.

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How do you decompose 59+32=?

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That sum decomposes this way: (50 + 9) + (30 + 2) = (50 + 30) + (9 + 2) = 80 + 11 = 91.

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How do I decompose the number 13209?

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(1 x 10,000) + (3 x 1,000) + (2 x 100) + (0 x 10) + (9 x 1), or 10,000 + 3,000 + 200 + 9.

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How do I decompose 1000?

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Express it most simply as 1,000, or you can express it as 1 x 1,000 or as (1 x 1,000) + (0 x 100) + (0 x 10) + (0 x 1).

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What is 60 decomposed?

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60 is already decomposed because of the zero in the one's place. You could also express 60 as (6x10) or as (6x10) + (0x1).

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