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In our normal base 10 number system, each digit has a value ten times bigger than the digit to its right and ten times smaller than the digit to its left.

The column before (left of) the decimal point is the units (or ones) column. The column to its left is ten times bigger than this at 1 × 10 = 10 - the tens column; the column to the left of the tens column is tens times bigger than this at 10 × 10 = 100 - the hundreds column, and so on.

From the tens column, the column to its right is ten times smaller than this at 10 ÷ 10 = 1 - the units column; the column to the right of the units column (after the decimal point) is ten times smaller than this at 1 ÷ 10 = 1/10 = 0.1 - the tenths column; the column to its right is ten times smaller than this at 1/10 ÷ 10 = 1/100 = 0.01 - the hundredths column, and so on.

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