partition
part of speech
noun (a partition, partitions); verb (partition, partitions, partitioned, partitioning)
meaning for a pupil
1) A thin wall or screen that divides a room into parts. tree →
2) Verb: to divide something into parts. tree →
3) (maths) To split a number into parts, often by place value: 345 = 300 + 40 + 5. tree →
4) The division of a country into separate countries. tree →
sense in the lessons
In primary maths, «partition» is a key method: split 47 into 40 + 7 to add or multiply more easily; numbers can be partitioned in different ways (47 = 30 + 17). In buildings, partitions make offices. In history, «partition» means a country split into parts (like the partition of India, or of Ireland).
examples
- Partition 563 into hundreds, tens and ones. tree →
- 56 can be partitioned into 50 and 6, or 40 and 16. tree →
- A glass partition separates the two offices. tree →
- They partitioned the attic into two bedrooms. tree →
- Partition 24 to work out 24 × 3: 20 × 3 + 4 × 3 = 72. tree →
- The partition of the country made new borders. tree →
- Our windows looked into the tan-yard, which was divided into two parts by a partition of planks; in one half were many skins and hides, raw and tanned. tree →
note
In maths, partitioning never changes the total: the parts always add back to the whole. Spelling: -tion. Verb stress same as noun: par-TI-shun.
Trees and pragmatics
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