#1 Read and Write Whole Numbers
3.NBT.1
Essential Question: How do I read and write whole numbers?
Learn About It!
When we count numbers, we start with 0,1,2,3, and continue on. These
are whole numbers. There are three different ways that whole
numbers can be written: standard form (base-ten numeral), word
form (number name), and expanded form.
See It! See the three ways that whole numbers can be written:
Standard Form
Word Form
Expanded form
• 43,478
Standard
• this is the base-ten form of the number
Form
• forty-three thousand, four hundred seventy-eight
Word
• this is the number name in words
Form
• 40,000 + 3,000 + 400 + 70 + 8
• the value of each digit is written out and then
Expanded
added together
form