In a decimal number, the period that separates the ones and tenths is called the decimal point. It distinguishes the whole number part from the fractional part. For example, in the number 3.14, the decimal point separates the 3 (ones place) from the 1 and 4 (tenths and hundredths, respectively).
Move the decimal place one position to the right and you will have an equivalent number in tenths of a unit.
.4
0.9
Thousandths is smaller than tenths.
the decimal point
Move the decimal place one position to the right and you will have an equivalent number in tenths of a unit.
Tens is in the whole number columns. Tenths is in the decimals. 8526485.56 The last eight is the tens and the last 5 after the decimal is tenths.
47 tenths is 4.7
Six-tenths in decimals is 0.6
2.34
decimals
.4
0.9
.30
0.9
five tenths is equal to half or in decimals 0.5