Decimals
Decimal Place Value
Read the decimal 3.472 and identify each digit's place: the 4 is in the tenths place, the 7 is in the hundredths place, and the 2 is in the thousandths place.
Example
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3.472
step: tenths digit: 4
step: hundredths digit: 7
step: thousandths digit: 2
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A decimal point separates the whole-number part from the fractional part. The first digit after the decimal is in the tenths place (1/10), the second in the hundredths place (1/100), and the third in the thousandths place (1/1000).