Write Numbers in Expanded Notation

Before handing out the worksheet, briefly introduce the concept with a short oral warm-up or a visual model on the board. Let students work through it independently, using a partner or small group only if they want to talk through their thinking, encouraging them to talk through their thinking: "What strategy are you using? How do you know that is right?" After completing the worksheet, review any missed problems together and discuss the reasoning rather than just the answer. For extra support, let students use manipulatives or draw pictures alongside the written problems. These expanded notation worksheets work well as daily practice, homework, or a focused review activity.

Write 10 numbers like 7,070 and 5,345 in expanded notation, each digit times its place value. Expanded notation writes each digit times its place value. Skip a digit that is 0: 5,203 = (5 x 1,000) + (2 x 100) + (3 x 1). The directions on the page read: Write each number in expanded notation on its line. Use x for times, and skip every digit that is 0. An answer key is included.

Yes, both. We made it for 3rd Grade place value and rounding, and the page works the same whether it lands on a kitchen table or a center rotation. At home, most families go through it together and talk the answers out loud, and that talking is where most of the learning happens with expanded notation. In class it runs well as independent work while you pull a small group. Print one copy or thirty, whichever the day needs.

Expanded form adds the digit values, so 7,460 = 7,000 + 400 + 60. Expanded notation multiplies each digit by its place value, so 7,460 = (7 x 1,000) + (4 x 100) + (6 x 10).

A 0 is worth nothing in its place, so it gets no part. 5,804 is written (5 x 1,000) + (8 x 100) + (4 x 1), with no tens part.

Yes. Both expanded notation sheets have an answer key.