Place Value (Decimals)

Objective

Know the place values in a number, down to the ten thousandths

Example

Which digit is in the thousandths place?

87.21345

Answer: 3

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Explanation

Every digit in a number has a place.

The first step is to figure out where the units place (also known as "ones" or "whole numbers") is. There are two ways to find this:

• If there is a decimal, the units place is the digit directly left of the decimal point

• If there is no decimal, the digit all the way to the right is the units place.

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