Numbers in Expanded Form
Jen Kershaw, M.ed
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Jen Kershaw, M.ed
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Concept 1. Numbers in Expanded Form
C ONCEPT
1 Numbers in Expanded Form
Here you’ll learn to express numbers in expanded form given decimal form.
Remember Julie and her decimal from the last Concept? She had the decimal .67 written in her notebook. In that
Concept, you learned how to write identify the decimal digits according to place value.
Well, how could you write this decimal out the long way if you don’t use words?
This is called expanded form, and it is the focus of this Concept. At the end of the Concept, you will know
how to write any decimal in expanded form.
Guidance
In the last Concept, you learned how to express decimals in words using a place value chart and in pictures using
grids with tens and hundreds in them. We can also stretch out a decimal to really see how much value each digit of
the decimal is worth.
This is called expanded form.
What is expanded form?
Expanded form is when a number is stretched out. Let’s look at a whole number first and then use this information
with decimals.
265
If we read this number we can read it as two hundred and sixty-five. We can break this apart to say that we have
two hundreds, six tens and five ones. HUH??? What does that mean? Let’s look at our place value chart to
help us make sense of it.
TABLE 1.1:
Hundred
Tens
Ones
2
6
5
Tenths
Hundredths Thousandths Ten
Thousandths
.
If you look at the chart you can see how we got those values for each digit. The two is in the hundreds place. The
six is in the tens place and the five is in the ones place. Here it is in expanded form.
2 hundreds + 6 tens + 5 ones
This uses words, how can we write this as a number?
200 + 60 + 5
Think about this, two hundred is easy to understand. Six tens is sixty because six times 10 is sixty. Five ones are
just that, five ones.
This is our number in expanded form.
How can we write decimals in expanded form?
We can work on decimals in expanded form in the same way. First, we look at a decimal and put it into a place value
chart to learn the value of each digit.
.483
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TABLE 1.2:
Hundred
Tens
Ones
Tenths
.
4
Hundredths Thousandths Ten
Thousandths
8
3
Now we can see the value of each digit.
4 = four tenths
8 = eight hundredths
3 = 3 thousandths
We have the values in words, now we need to write them as numbers.
Four tenths = .4
Eight hundredths = .08
Three thousandths = .003
What are the zeros doing in there when they aren’t in the original number?
The zeros are needed to help us mark each place. We are writing a number the long way, so we need the zeros to
make sure that the digit has the correct value. If we didn’t put the zeros in there, then .8 would be 8 tenths rather
than 8 hundredths. Now, we can write this out in expanded form.
.483
.4 + .08 + .003 = .483
This is our answer in expanded form.
Now let’s practice. Write each number in expanded form.
Example A
567
Solution: 500 + 60 + 7
Example B
.345
Solution: .3 + .04 + .005
Example C
.99
Solution: .9 + .09
Now let’s apply this to the decimal that was in Julie’s homework. Here is the original problem once again.
Well, in the last Concept, Julie had the decimal .67 written in her notebook. In that Concept, you learned how to
write identify the decimal digits according to place value.
Well, how could you write this decimal out the long way if you don’t use words?
Now let’s write out .67 in expanded form. We have the tenths place and the hundredths place represented.
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Concept 1. Numbers in Expanded Form
.6 + .07 = .67
This is our answer.
Vocabulary
Here are the vocabulary words in this Concept.
Whole number a number that represents a whole quantity
Decimal a part of a whole
Decimal point the point in a decimal that divides parts and wholes
Expanded form writing out a decimal the long way to represent the value of each place value in a number
Guided Practice
Here is one for you to try on your own.
Write the following decimal in expanded notation.
.4562
Answer
We have four places represented in this decimal. We have tenths, hundredths, thousandths and ten - thousandths
represented in the decimal. We have to represent each of these places in the expanded form too.
.4 + .05 + .006 + .0002 = .4562
This is our answer.
Video Review
Here is a video for review.
MEDIA
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KhanAcademyDecimalPlace Value
Practice
Directions: Write each decimal out in expanded form.
1. .5
2. .7
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3. .11
4. .05
5. .62
6. .78
7. .345
8. .98
9. .231
10. .986
11. .33
12. .821
13. .4321
14. .8739
15. .9327
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