The leading digit in a number is the digit to the most left.
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1.09 the leading digit is 1.
298 leading digit 2.
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A leading digit is the digit/number at the beggining of a decimal number or regular number and is the first number to the left.
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This is how you round a decimal to the leading digit. First a leading digit is the first number you come to that is not a zero. Lets say 0.0025 rounding it i would see that 2 is my first real number. okay so look next to it to see the 5 it tell you to round it up . so the 2 would become a 3 so it would look like. 0.003
The thousands digit is 4 left of the decimal point and the ones digit is the digit to the left of the decimal point. In a whole number the decimal point is not written and can be considered as "hiding" after the last digit - the ones digit.
The tens place digit (in a decimal system number) is the second digit to the left of the decimal point.