The highest place value in a decimal number is the left most digit, also the first digit.
The digit in the hundreds place in the number 2378.91 is the digit 3.
In the highest place value.
You look at the place value.
The digit in the tenths place of the number 1465.98 is the digit 9.
It does not have to be. 864/2 = 432. The first digit of the quotient is not in the tens place.
It is the ten-millions place.
The digit in the tens place in the number 33.55 is the first digit 3.
The highest place value in a decimal number is the left most digit, also the first digit.
The digit in the hundreds place in the number 2378.91 is the digit 3.
In the highest place value.
You look at the place value.
The digit in the tenths place in the number 120.177 is the 1 - the first digit after the decimal point.
The tents place is the first one after the decimal point, so it is the digit 2.
The digit in the tenths place of the number 809.47321 is the digit 4.
The digit in the tenths place of the number 1465.98 is the digit 9.
The decimal point of a number separates the whole part of the number from the fractional part of the number. It is located between the units column and the tenths column of every number. A decimal place is one of the digits after the decimal point: The first decimal place is the first digit, which is the tenths digit The second decimal place is the second digit, which is the hundredths digit The third decimal place is the third digit, which is the thousandths digit etc. When showing or rounding to a number of decimal places there will be that number of digits after the decimal place. eg the number 5.671 has three decimal places as there are three digits after the decimal point and the second decimal place, for example, contains the digit 7.