Decimal Place Value

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What is decimal place value?

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Decimal place value refers to the value of a digit based on its position in a decimal number. Each position represents a power of ten.

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What is the value of the digit 5 in the number 3.456?

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The value of the digit 5 is 0.5 or 5 tenths.

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How do you compare decimal numbers?

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To compare decimal numbers, align the decimal points and compare digit by digit from left to right.

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What does rounding to the nearest tenth mean?

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Rounding to the nearest tenth means adjusting a number to the closest value in the tenths place.

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What is the place value of the digit 7 in the number 92.407?

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The place value of the digit 7 is in the thousandths place.

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If you multiply a number by 10, what happens to its place value?

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Each digit in the number moves one place to the left, increasing its value by ten times.

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What is the decimal representation of 80 hundredths?

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The decimal representation is 0.80.

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Write a number that has 0 in the hundredths place and 3 in the tenths place.

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An example is 0.3 or 3.0.

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What is the value of the digit 2 in the number 34.8236?

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The value of the digit 2 is 0.02 or 2 hundredths.

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How do you write the number 7042.907 in words?

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Seven thousand forty-two and nine hundred seven thousandths.