The value of the tens digit is 50
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3 is in the tens place. 6 is in the ones place.
Its value is: 60,000,000 = sixty million
The value of the tens digit is 50
The 6 is two digits to the left of the decimal point (which is "hiding" after the last digit in a whole number) so it is in the tens column; its value is 6 × 10 = 60 or sixty.
97
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5
The digit 4 is in the tens place, and has a value of 40 (forty).
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3 is in the tens place. 6 is in the ones place.
You may be confusing tens and tenths. 57 would qualify if you mean tens and ones.
Its value is: 60,000,000 = sixty million