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Decimal place value, step by step

Decimal place value is what makes every other decimal skill work.

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The question

What is the 8 worth in 52.58?

number:52.58
number:52.58
number:52.58
8→0.08
  1. The places do not mirror each other around the point — there is no "oneths". Going right they are tenths, hundredths, thousandths: each one ten times SMALLER than the last.
  2. Count in from the point: the 8 sits in the hundredths.
  3. Its VALUE is what it is worth there, not the digit itself: 8 in the hundredths is 0.08. That gap between "8" and "0.08" is the whole of this topic.

How it works.

  1. 01

    The places do not mirror each other around the point — there is no "oneths". Going right they are tenths, hundredths, thousandths: each one ten times SMALLER than the last.

  2. 02

    Count in from the point: the 8 sits in the hundredths.

  3. 03

    Its VALUE is what it is worth there, not the digit itself: 8 in the hundredths is 0.08. That gap between "8" and "0.08" is the whole of this topic.

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