What is an expanded notation ? Definition and examples.

The expanded notation, also called expanded form, is a way of writing a number as the sum of its digits times their respective place values.

For example, 94653 in expanded form is

9  × 10000 + 4 × 1000 + 6 × 100 + 5 × 10 + 3 × 1

Other examples

3712 = 3 × 1000 + 7 × 100 + 1 × 10 + 2 × 1

2048 = 2 × 1000 + 0 × 100 + 4 × 10 + 8 × 1

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