Place Value: Thousands

Learning Objective

4Nn1: Read and write numbers up to 10,000

Key Concepts

• Place value: ones, tens, hundreds, thousands
• The number 3,456 means: 3 thousands + 4 hundreds + 5 tens + 6 ones
• Each place is worth 10 times the place to its right

Examples

5,280 = 5,000 + 200 + 80 + 0

7,039 = 7,000 + 0 + 30 + 9

Practice

Write these numbers in expanded form:

1. 2,456
2. 8,103
3. 6,790

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