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Dd

decomposition method

• a method of subtraction.
• may be called trading, borrowing or regrouping.
• in column subtraction, when the bottom digit is greater than the top digit,
a 10 is traded or borrowed from the top digit in the next column left
and that digit is marked down by one.

EXAMPLES:
decomposition


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