This relates back to place values. In the non-decimal side of a number (we'll use 123.456 as an example) the one is in the hundreds place, the 2 is in the tens place, and the 3 is in the one's place. Notice that hundreds, tens and 1 are all a power of ten. 100 is 10^2. 10 is 10^1 and 1 is 10^0. Once you pass the decimal place, you go into the negative exponent. So the next place into the decimal place is 10^-1 which is the same as 1/10 which is also known as a tenth.
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The tenths place in a decimal fraction is the first digit after the decimal point - in this case, a zero.
.2 The first number after the decimal point is the tenths place.
You only show one decimal place, the tenths place. 0.tenths, hundredths, thousandths is how the order goes. The first decimals place is the tenths place. What number is in that place? The 2, so your answer is 2.2.
the 7 is in the tenth place okay losers who dont even know that
In the number 44.9, the tenths place is the first digit after the decimal point. In this case, the digit in the tenths place is 9. The digit 9 represents 9 tenths, which is equivalent to 0.9 when expressed as a decimal fraction.