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Decimals in expanded form review

Review writing decimals in expanded form, and try some practice problems.

Expanded form

Expanded form is a way to write numbers by adding the value of its digits.
We can use a place value chart to think of the value of a number's digit.

Example

Let's write start color #11accd, 3, end color #11accd, point, start color #7854ab, 4, end color #7854ab, start color #1fab54, 0, end color #1fab54, start color #ca337c, 5, end color #ca337c in expanded form.
Ones.TenthsHundredthsThousandths
start color #11accd, 3, end color #11accd.start color #7854ab, 4, end color #7854abstart color #1fab54, 0, end color #1fab54start color #ca337c, 5, end color #ca337c
3, point, 405, equals, start color #11accd, 3, end color #11accd, start text, space, o, n, e, s, end text plus, start color #7854ab, 4, end color #7854ab, start text, space, t, e, n, t, h, s, end text, plus start color #1fab54, 0, end color #1fab54, start text, space, h, u, n, d, r, e, d, t, h, s, end text, plus, start color #ca337c, 5, end color #ca337c, start text, space, t, h, o, u, s, a, n, d, t, h, s, end text
empty space, equals, left parenthesis, start color #11accd, 3, end color #11accd, times, 1, right parenthesis, plus, left parenthesis, start color #7854ab, 4, end color #7854ab, times, start fraction, 1, divided by, 10, end fraction, right parenthesisplus, left parenthesis, start color #1fab54, 0, end color #1fab54, times, start fraction, 1, divided by, 100, end fraction, right parenthesis, plus, left parenthesis, start color #ca337c, 5, end color #ca337c, times, start fraction, 1, divided by, 1000, end fraction, right parenthesis
empty space, equals, start color #11accd, 3, end color #11accd, plus, start color #7854ab, start fraction, 4, divided by, 10, end fraction, end color #7854ab, plus, start color #1fab54, 0, end color #1fab54, plus, start color #ca337c, start fraction, 5, divided by, 1000, end fraction, end color #ca337c
3, point, 405 in expanded form is start color #11accd, 3, end color #11accd, plus, start color #7854ab, start fraction, 4, divided by, 10, end fraction, end color #7854ab, plus, start color #ca337c, start fraction, 5, divided by, 1000, end fraction, end color #ca337c.
Want to learn more about expanded form? Check out this video.

Practice

Problem 1
  • Current
57, point, 142, equals, question mark
Choose 1 answer:

Want to try more problems like this? Check out this exercise.

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