Write 506 in expanded form

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The question

Question: write 506 in expanded form.

1 Show it with blocks

506 is 5 hundreds, 6 ones.

2 Put the digits in the chart

Each digit has a place.

3 Find the value of each digit

The 5 is 5 hundreds.

That is 500.

The 6 is 6 ones.

That is 6.

The 0 means no tens.

We leave it out of the sum.

4 Write it as a sum

Expanded form means we write the value of each digit, with + between them.

5 Check

We add them back: 500 and 6 make 506.

Yes!

It works.

Let's look back.

First: show it with blocks.

Then: put the digits in the chart.

Then: find the value of each digit.

Then: write it as a sum.

Last: check.