The Expansion Machine: Standard Form to Expanded Form

Explore the meaning of digits by converting a number from standard form to expanded form one place value at a time.

Task 1

Putting It All Together

Answer these open ended questions on your own or with others to form deeper math connections.

Task 2

A student in your class was asked to write a number in expanded form. He wrote: . What number was he trying to expand? What is the correct expanded form?