Objective: Express a whole number up to one million using expanded notation.
When you write a number in expanded notation, you give a value to each digit. For example, the number 8,957,342 has seven digits. Each digit has a different value as
shown below:
Millions
Hundred Thousands
Ten Thousands
Thousands
Hundreds
Tens
Ones
8
9
5
7
3
4
2
The first digit tells
you how many
millions are in the
number 8,957,342.
The second digit tells
you how many sets
of hundred
thousands are in the
number 8,957,342.
The third digit tells
you how many sets
of ten thousands are
in the number
8,957,342.
The fourth digit tells
you how many
thousands are in the
number 8,957,342.
The fifth digit tells
you how many sets
of hundreds are in
the number
8,957,342.
The sixth digit tells
you how many sets
of tens are in the
number 8,957,342.
The seventh digit
tells you how many
ones are in the
number 8,957,342.
There are eight
millions in the
number.
There are nine sets
of hundred
thousands in the
number.
There are five sets of
ten thousands in the
number.
There are seven
thousands in the
number.
There are three sets
of hundreds in the
number.
There are four sets
of tens in the
number.
There are two ones
in the number.
8 * 1,000,000 = 8,000,000
9 * 100,000 = 900,000
5 * 10,000 = 50,000
7 * 1,000 = 7,000
3 * 100 = 300
4 * 10 = 40
2*1=2
8,957,342 written in expanded form = 8,000,000+900,000+50,000+7,000+300+40+2
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