Step by step
The question
Question: what number is 1,000 + 200 + 30 + 4?
1,000 + 200 + 30 + 4
1 Put each part in the chart
Here is a place-value chart.
1,000 is 1 thousand.
The 1 goes in the thousands.
200 is 2 hundreds.
The 2 goes in the hundreds.
30 is 3 tens.
The 3 goes in the tens.
4 is 4 ones.
The 4 goes in the ones.
2 Read the number
So the number is 1,234.
= 1,234
3 Check
We split it again: 1,234 is 1,000 and 200 and 30 and 4.
Yes!
It works.
1,234 = 1,000 + 200 + 30 + 4
Let's look back.
First: put each part in the chart.
Then: read the number.
Last: check.
Answer
= 1,234