What's the Tenth Place?

The tenths place is immediately to the right of the decimal point. After rounding to the nearest tenth, this will be the final digit in your number. For now, just underline this digit. Example 1: In the number 7.86, the 8 is in the tenths place.

What number is in the tenths place?

Place Value for Decimals

These terms are used from left to right, starting with the first numeral after the decimal point. 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.

How do you round to the tenth place?

Whenever you want to round a number to a particular digit, look only at the digit immediately to its right. For example, if you want to round to the nearest tenth, look to the right of the tenths place: This would be the hundredths place digit. Then, if it is 5 or higher, you get to add one to the tenths digit.