Model Numbers in Expanded Form with Exponents 5-24
What's the expanded form for 23,514? It's 20,000+3,000+500+10+4. It's also 2x10,000 + 3x1,000 + 5x100 + 1x10 + 4x1. 10,000 is 10 to the 4th, 1,000 is 10 to the 3rd, 100 is 10 to the 2nd, 10 is 10 to the 1st, and 1 is 10 to the 0 power. Do the number of zeros follow a pattern? They match the exponent or power of 10.
