To break apart 3 digit numbers, you separate the hundreds digit, the tens digit, and the ones digit. For example, if you were trying to break apart 729, you will separate the hundreds digit, which is 7, the tens digit, which is 2, and the ones digit, which is 9. So, 729 = 700 + 20 + 9. You could do 8500x60+9232 which equals 519,232 and 8512x61= 519,232.
