Method:
- Start from the right most digit.
- Going from right to left, the place values of the digits are ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, and ten thousands, hundred thousands, million, ten million, hundred million and so on.
- Each digit is multiplied by the place value to get the expanded form of a number.
Example: What is the expanded form of 96,317,535?
Ten Million |
Million |
Hundred Thousands |
Ten Thousands |
Thousands |
Hundreds |
Tens |
Ones |
9 |
6 |
3 |
1 |
7 |
5 |
3 |
5 |
9x10, 000,000 + 6x1,000,000 + 3x100,000+ 1x10,000 + 7x1000 + 5x100 + 3x10 + 5x1
Answer: 90, 000,000 + 6,000,000 + 300,000+ 10,000 + 7000 + 500 + 30 + 5x1
Directions: Expand the following. Also write at least ten examples of your own.
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