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🔢 Build a 4-Digit Number (Expanded Form)

Compose 4-digit numbers from place value parts and verbal digit constraints to strengthen multi-digit place value understanding.
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Practice Questions

  1. 5,000 + 300 + 20 + 4 = ?
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    5,324

  2. 4,000 + 700 + 30 + 2 = ?
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    4,732

  3. 6,000 + 80 + 20 + 3 = ?
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    6,103

  4. 3,000 + 500 + 0 + 9 = ?
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    3,509

  5. 9,000 + 0 + 40 + 6 = ?
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    9,046

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Teaching Notes

Students practice composing a 4-digit number from place value parts. Encourage reading the number by periods and checking magnitude reasonableness.

Vocabulary
Standard form: The common way to write a number.
Expanded form: Breaking a number into place value parts.
Common Mistakes
  • Misaligning place values when writing standard form
  • Dropping zeros for empty places
  • Reversing digit order (e.g., swapping tens and ones)
  • Misplacing digits
  • Forgetting zero placeholders
  • Incorrectly adding parts
  • Confusing place value names
Differentiation
SupportProvide a place value chart with headings highlighted; model one item aloud.
ChallengeAsk for an alternate number with the same digit sum or create constraints (e.g., thousands digit even).
Discussion Questions
  • How does a zero hold place value structure?
  • Why does exchanging 1 thousand for 10 hundreds not change value?
  • What strategy helps avoid digit transposition?
  • How does place value organize numbers?
  • Why is zero critical when building numbers?
  • Can you build a number with no hundreds?
  • What if you forgot a zero placeholder?
Extension Activities
  • Create two different numbers using the same non-zero digits
  • Write a word problem whose answer is one composed number
  • Compare two composed numbers using > < =
Parent Tip

Give your child parts of a number (like 300, 50, 2) to build the full number.

Learning Path
Skill Cluster

Number Sense and Place Value

Estimated Time

12 minutes

Skills Practiced
Build 4 digit