If a number has a decimal point , then the first digit to the right of the decimal point indicates the number of tenths. For example, the decimal 0.3 is the same as the fraction 310 . The second digit to the right of the decimal point indicates the number of hundredths.

What number is in the tenth place?

In the given number 34.59, the digit in tens place is 3 as it is the second digit to the left of decimal point. Step 2: The digit in tenths place is 5 as it is the first digit to the right of decimal point.

What is an example of the tenths place?

Place Value for Decimals

For example, the number 0.1234 has a "1" in the tenths place, a "2" in the hundredths place, a "3" in the thousandths place, and a "4" in the ten thousandths place.