the place value of a decimal number from left to right (bigger to smaller) are: tenths, hundredths, thousandths, ten-thousandths and so on...
Eg:- 2.3758
3- tenths
7- hundredths
5- thousandths
8- ten thousandths
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.08 OR 8/100
In the number 0.79, the 9 is in the hundredths place. This means that the value of the 9 is nine hundredths, or 0.09. The place value of a digit in a decimal number is determined by its position relative to the decimal point.
the value does not change but the number does get smaller as you go down the place value
an 8th of a decimal hundred
A decimal is simply a way of representing a number so that the place value of any digit is ten times the place value of the digit to its right. So 1 is a decimal number and therefore 1 pint would be a decimal pint.