We know that the place value of any natural number will keep increasing ten times, as we move from right of a numbers towards it's left.
E.g. in a number 1234.
Place values of:
Digit 4 = 1 i.e. ones
Digit 3 = 1 X 10 = 10 i.e. tens
Digit 2 = 10 X 10 = 100 i.e. hundreds
Digit 1 = 100 X 10 = 1000 i.e. thousands
And you can see that if you move from left to right the place value started decreasing by one-tenth.
E.g. in a number 1234
Place values of:
Digit 1 = 1000 i.e. thousands
Digit 2 = 1000 ÷ 10 = 100 i.e. hundreds
Digit 3 = 100 ÷ 10 = 10 i.e. tens
Digit 4 = 10 ÷ 10 = 1 i.e. ones
Now, in case of decimals we move from left of decimal point towards right and place values will further decreases by one-tenth.
E.g. 1234.567
So the place values will be as:
Digit 1 = 1000 i.e. thousands
Digit 2 = 1000 ÷ 10 = 100 i.e. hundreds
Digit 3 = 100 ÷ 10 = 10 i.e. tens
Digit 4 = 10 ÷ 10 = 1 i.e. ones
| Digit 5 = 1 ÷ 10 = | 1
10 | i.e. tenths |
| Digit 6 = | 1
10 | ÷ 10 = | 1
100 | i.e. hundredths |
| Digit 7 = | 1
100 | ÷ | 1
10 | = | 1
1000 | i.e. thousandths |
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