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The decimal point is not a digit, and it has no place value. It only shows you

the place in a number where whole things are on one side and pieces of things

are on the other side. It's the boundary line between the tenths place and the

units (ones) place.

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How do make 162 into a decimal?

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Second place value after the decimal point?

hundredths


How many digits are there in each place value starting after the decimal point up to the last decimal place?

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The first place value to the right of the decimal point?

The correct answer is the tenths place.


What is the place value of the 5 in 12.345?

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.