How to Write Numbers in Expanded Form & Expanded Notation | Math with Mr. J
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Summary
How to write whole numbers in standard form, word form, and expanded form. Mr. J moves between the three ways of writing a number.
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Discussion questions
The same number can be written three ways: with digits, with words, or as a sum of place values.
- What is expanded form?
- How do you write a number in word form?
- How does place value connect all three forms?
Quick work-a-long
Words to know: standard form, word form, expanded form, place value
- Write 3,205 in word form and expanded form.
- Write 'four thousand sixty' in standard form.