Partition the number using the place values close place valueThe value of a digit that relates to its position or place in a number. Eg, in 1482 the digits represent 1 thousand, 4 hundreds, 8 tens ...

In this KS2 Maths article you'll learn how breaking a big number up into smaller ones (partitioning) can help you solve tricky maths problems. We also have KS2 Maths videos, a quiz and lots of ...

SUBJECTS: Maths YEARS: 3–4 Explore the renaming of numbers in their place value parts as well as standard and non-standard partitioning.