Place Value
What is the place value of the 2 in .2?
Tenths
Decompose 467.
400 + 60 + 7
or
(4 x 100) + (6 x 10) + (7 x 1)
(8 x 1) + (7 x 1/10)
8.7
One thousand two hundred seven and two tenths
1207.2
8 x (1+4) - 10
30
What is the place value of the 4 in 3.24?
Hundredths
Decompose 5,705.
500 + 700 + 5
Or
(5 x 100) + (7 x 100) + (5 x 1)
(5 x 100) + (4 x 1) + (3 x 1/10)
504.3
15.09
10 + 8 - 2 x 3
12
What is the place value of the 8 in 8,950.3?
Thousands
Decompose 5.5
5 + .5
Or
(5 x 1) + (5 x 1/10)
(5 x 1) + (6 x 1/10) + (4 x 1/100) + (3 x 1/1000)
5.643
Seventy seven and one hundred and nineteen thousandths
77.119
50 (divided by) 2 x 10 - 100
150
What is the place value of the 6 in .096?
Thousandths
Decompose 6.78
6 + .7 + .08
Or
(6 x 1) + (7 x 1/10) + (8 x 1/100)
(4 x 1/100) + (5 x 1/1000)
.045
Fifty four and two hundredths
54.02
16 - 6 + 6 (divided by) 2
13
What is the place value of the 7 in .07000?
Hundredths
Decompose 647.83
600 + 40 + 7 + .8 + .03
Or
(6 x 100) + (4 x 10) + (7 x 1) + (8 x 1/10) + (3 x 1/100)
(6 x 100) + (4 x 10) + (8 x 1) + (7 x 1/100) + (9 x 1/1000)
648.079
Nine hundred ninety nine and four tenths
999.4
7 x 5 - 5 + 7
37