Math Read and Write Numbers Through Ten Thousand Read and Write Numbers Through Ten Thousand
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The highest mountain peak in Washington is Mount Rainier. It has a height of 14,409 feet.
What is the value of the digit 1 in 14,409?
You can use a place value chart. The place to the left of the thousands place is the ten-thousands place.
Ten Thousands Thousands Hundreds Tens Ones
The value of the digit 1 in 14,409 is 1 ten thousand, 10,000.
You can write this number in different ways. Word form is one way to write a number using words.
Fourteen Thousand, Four Hundred Nine
Expanded form is a way to write a number by showing the value of each digit. 10,000+4000+400+9
The standard form is a way to write a number using the digits 0 to 9, with each digit having a place value.
14,409
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How could you model 14,409 with base-ten blocks?
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