Understanding Expanded Form and Place Value

The video tutorial explains how to express the number 256 in expanded form by breaking it down into its place values: hundreds, tens, and ones. The instructor demonstrates that 256 can be expanded to 200 + 50 + 6 by identifying the place value of each digit and then adding these values together to confirm the expanded form.

What does it mean to express a number in expanded form?

• To divide it by its largest digit

• To write it as a single digit

• To break it down into its place values

• To multiply it by ten

In the number 256, what is the value of the digit in the hundreds place?

• 200

• 20

• 2

• 2000

What is the value of the digit in the tens place in the number 256?

• 5000

• 500

• 50

• 5

How many ones are there in the number 256?

• 60

• 6000

• 600

• 6

What is the expanded form of the number 256?

• 200 + 5 + 6

• 20 + 50 + 6

• 200 + 50 + 6

• 2 + 50 + 60