Question

3,029,251 in expanded form

Answer 1

Three million twenty-nine thousand two hundred fifty-one

Answer 2

3,000,000 + 20,000 + 9,000 + 200 + 50 + 1

Explanation:

Each place value has its own amount of zeros.

In 3,029,251 the 3 is in the 7th spot so it will have 6 zeros. Another example: 2 (the one closest to 3) is 5th number spot that means it has 4 zeros. This occurs because each place value has its own name with an amount of space it takes up.