Question

What is the place value of the digit 5 in 87.653?

Answer 1

the hundredths position

Answer 2

Jiairrac,

The answer is the "hundredths place."

• The decimal place value would go like this:
• 8 = tens
• 7 = ones
• 6 = tenths
• 5 = hundredths
• 3 = thousandths

Which means the digit 5 is in the hundredths place!

Hope this helps!