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Whole Number Expanded Form, Word Form, and Standard Form | Math with Mr. J

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Whole Number Expanded Form, Word Form, and Standard Form | Math with Mr. J
18 min4thMath
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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.

  1. What is expanded form?
  2. How do you write a number in word form?
  3. 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.