Expanded Form and Number Names

2nd Grade MathPlace Value6 pages

About this worksheet

Place Value Detective: 3-Digit Numbers samples all four Common Core base-ten standards that 2nd grade covers before operations, 2.NBT.1 through 2.NBT.4. Students read base-ten block pictures as 245 and 307, complete expanded forms such as 706 = ___ + 0 + 6, and write six hundred forty-one and nine hundred four as numerals. Six comparisons follow, including the near-miss pair 900 and 899, then three skip-counting trails by 5s, 10s and 100s. A detective owl closes the page with four clues that pin down the mystery number 782.

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Curriculum objectives covered

2.NBT.1

Understand that the three digits of a three-digit number represent amounts of hundreds, tens, and ones; e.g., 706 equals 7 hundreds, O tens, and 6 ones. Understand the following as special cases: a. 100 can be thought of as a bundle of ten tens ― called a "hundred." b. The numbers 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900 refer to one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, or nine hundreds (and O tens and O ones).

Questions 1 and 2 read hundreds flats, tens rods and ones cubes, including the 0-tens number 307.

2.NBT.2

Count within 1000; skip-count by 5s, 10s, and 100s.

Questions 11 to 13, the three skip-counting trails.

2.NBT.3

Read and write numbers to 1000 using base-ten numerals, number names, and expanded form.

Questions 3 and 4 move between standard form, expanded form and number names.

2.NBT.4

Compare two three-digit numbers based on meanings of the hundreds, tens, and ones digits, using >, =, and < symbols to record the results of comparisons.

Questions 5 to 10, six symbol comparisons up to 900 versus 899.

What's inside this worksheet

Part 1: Count the Base-Ten Blocks

Two block diagrams to read, one with a zero in the tens place (3 flats, 0 rods, 7 cubes), which catches students who write 37.

Part 2: Expanded Form and Number Names

Four expanded-form blanks for 482, 706, 539 and 890, then four number names to convert, including one hundred fifteen.

Part 3: Compare the Numbers

Six circles to fill with <, >, or =, ending on 900 against 899, where every digit except the hundreds points the wrong way.

Part 4: Skip-Counting Paths

Three trails with gaps in the middle: by 5s from 235, by 10s from 410, by 100s from 300.

Part 5: Detective Mystery Number

Four clues (a hundreds digit greater than 6 but less than 8, a tens digit equal to 4 + 4, a ones digit 3 less than 5) that resolve to 782.

Answer key

All 14 answers, with the digit-by-digit reading of the mystery number.

How teachers use it

Whole-strand review

One page touches every base-ten idea, so it fits the day before a unit test or the first week back after a break.

The zero trap

Watch question 2. Students who write 37 for 3 flats and 7 cubes need the zero-tens conversation before any test.

Mystery number remix

Once 782 is found, students write three clues of their own in the same digit-riddle format and swap with a partner.

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