Standard Notation to Expanded Notation to Standard Notation




      The goal is to be able to see a standard notation expression of a number and its matching expanded notation expressions as different but equivalent expressions.

      This paper-folding manipulative idea is not mine, but, I've used it for so long, I don't know where I got it.

      Usually, I just make a large copy and use it as a model, but, it is also useful to have members of the entire class make their own manipulatives.


Make the Concrete Manipulative

      On a strip of paper write a whole number in expanded form.   Here the number 5,432 is written as 5(10)3 + 4(10)2 + 3(10)1 + 2(10)0.

      For another group of students, one might use the number 5,432 expanded as 5000 + 400 + 30 + 2.



      Just before each of the standard form digits, fold the strip.

      More folding is now needed.

      Here, the 4 in the hundreds place is folded just to the right of the 5 in the thousands place hiding the "(10)3 +".

      Next, the 3 in the tens place is folded just to the right of the 4 in the hundreds place hiding the "(10)2 +".

      Next, the 2 in the ones place is folded just to the right of the 3 in the tens place hiding the "(10)1 +" and the remaining "(10)0" is folded UNDER the 2.



Concrete and Digital Manipulatives For Use with this Topic


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