Calculate 3000 + 400 + 20 + 1

Step by step

The question

Question: what number is 3,000 + 400 + 20 + 1?

1 Put each part in the chart

Here is a place-value chart.

3,000 is 3 thousands.

The 3 goes in the thousands.

400 is 4 hundreds.

The 4 goes in the hundreds.

20 is 2 tens.

The 2 goes in the tens.

1 is 1 one.

The 1 goes in the ones.

2 Read the number

So the number is 3,421.

3 Check

We split it again: 3,421 is 3,000 and 400 and 20 and 1.

Yes!

It works.

Let's look back.

First: put each part in the chart.

Then: read the number.

Last: check.