The 2 after the decimal point is in the tenths place.
The decimal for one and two tenths is 1.2. The decimal point is used to separate a whole number part from a fractional part. The whole number is one (1) while the fraction is two tenths (2/10) which is 0.2, so the answer become 1+0.2 which is 1.2.
Four tenths is greater.
.2 The first number after the decimal point is the tenths place.
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Whole numbers. The ones place is directly to the left of the decimal. For example, 3.2 is three ones and 2 tenths.
One and two tenths because the 1 is the whole, the point is called and , the 2 is the fraction that is in the tenth place.
²⁄₁₀ cannot be written as a whole number, but it can be written as a decimal: 0.2
It is the digit to the right of the decimal point. eg. 11.26. the 2 is in the tenths place
The tenths column is the first column after the decimal point, so it is 2.
It is 2 tenths, as it is in the tenths column.
In the decimal number 59.247, the number 2 stands for 2/10 of a whole.