Ready to Explore Expanded Form Numbers and Place Value Charts? 

Allowing students many different opportunities and ways to practise expanding numbers is crucial to developing their mathematical understanding of place value and helping them to read and write numbers up to 6 digits long efficiently. This set of 26 interactive task cards is a fantastic way for individuals to practice and show their understanding of this maths concept.

What is Expanded Form?

Expanded form is a way to represent a number as the sum of its place values. It’s a way of breaking down a multi-digit number into simpler terms, each representing a different place value.

Download and Play!

If you are ready for your students to review their knowledge of expanding numbers up to 6 digits long, head over to the green download button to download this resource’s interactive Google Slides version. Please note that before accessing the resource, you will be prompted to make a copy of the activity to your drive.

Students should run the slide show in Edit mode to allow them to input the different numbers correctly in the place value charts available in this interactive activity.

This resource was created by Lindsey Phillips, a teacher in Michigan and a Teach Starter collaborator.

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