Andre Williams answered question 10/8/2009 What Is The Break Apart Strategy In Mental Math Strategies? It is in math,where you have for an (ex.)3x57 so you take 57 and take 50 and solve 3x50=150 then take the ones and you multiply 3x7 =21 then add 150+21=171 I learned this in class today and I'm 10 years old!