When asked to write 44, some students of grade II wrote it as 404. As a teacher, how will you address this?

When students write 44 as 404, they show a misconception about place value - they are writing what they hear (4 tens and 4 ones) literally. The best pedagogical approach is to explain the principle of place value and exchange using concrete materials like Dienes blocks, bundling sticks, or place value charts. This allows children to physically experience how digits represent different values based on position, addressing the underlying conceptual misunderstanding.