IN MATH: 1. n. method of writing numbers as the sum of powers of ten or as the sum of its units, tens, hundreds, etc.

IN ENGLISH: 1. as defined above.

APPLICATION: See list 10.

1. Write 4 x 1000 + 2 x 100 + 6 x 10 + 3 in standard notation.

2. Write 5 x 10,000 + 2 x 100 + 7 x 10 in standard notation.

3. Write 5,238 in expanded notation.

4. To expand a binomial to a power, multiply as indicated. Expand .

Concrete and Digital Manipulatives For Use with this Topic

• MathTokens.Com, a list of the digital manipulative spreadsheets now available.
• Instructions on how to use Digital Manipulatives.
• Standard Notation to Expanded Notation to Standard Notation, a web page explaining the manipulative.
• stand.xls --DIGITAL MANIPULATIVE on a spreadsheet with the expansion of the number 5432.
   

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