the place value after a decimal point is tenths
The first value after the decimal point is the tenths place. This value is 4 (from the .4 in the number)
The first number to the right of the decimal point.
The value of the digit 5 is 5/10. 2.5 = 2+5/10
The decimal equivalent of 8.2 is simply 8.2. In decimal form, the number 8.2 represents 8 whole units and 2 tenths. Each place value after the decimal point represents a power of 10, with the first place value after the decimal point being tenths. Therefore, 8.2 is read as 8 units and 2 tenths.
Fractions or decimal fractions.
In the number 12.345, the 5 is in the hundredths place. The place value of each digit in a decimal number is determined by its position relative to the decimal point. Starting from the decimal point and moving to the right, the place values in a decimal number are tenths, hundredths, thousandths, and so on.
To write ninety-three and five tenths in decimals, you would write it as 93.5. This is because the whole number part, ninety-three, is written before the decimal point and the decimal part, five tenths, is written after the decimal point. In the decimal system, each place value to the right of the decimal point represents a power of 10, with tenths being one place to the right of the decimal point.
The first digit after the decimal point represents tenths. So the 8 here is representing a value of eight tenths (i.e. 0.8 or 8/10)
The digit 3 is in the first column after the decimal point which is the tenths column, so it is three tenths.
To write six and eight tenths in decimal form, you simply combine the whole number part (6) with the decimal part (0.8). This gives you 6.8 as the decimal form of six and eight tenths. In decimal notation, the place value of each digit to the right of the decimal point decreases by a factor of 10, with the first digit after the decimal point representing tenths.
In the number 12.8, the digit 8 is in the tenths place. In decimal numbers, each place value to the right of the decimal point represents a power of 10. The tenths place is one place to the right of the decimal point, so the place value of 8 in 12.8 is 0.8.