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The question
Question: write 740 in expanded form.
Write 740 in expanded form
1 Show it with blocks
740 is 7 hundreds, 4 tens.
2 Put the digits in the chart
Each digit has a place.
3 Find the value of each digit
The 7 is 7 hundreds.
That is 700.
The 4 is 4 tens.
That is 40.
The 0 means no ones.
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.
740 = 700 + 40
5 Check
We add them back: 700 and 40 make 740.
Yes!
It works.
700 + 40 = 740
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.
Answer
740 = 700 + 40