<span>In the question "for the place values that occur to the right of the decimal point, each place value is ten times ____ than the place value to its left"
The correct answer is smaller because in the place value system, the place values to the left of the decimal point decreases by a factor of ten for every number to the right.
Thus, each new number is ten times smaller than the number to its left.</span>
The answer is smaller, and the other options: exponential, fractional, and larger, are wrong. Reason is because the place value on the right side of the decimal area is ALWAYS going to be larger than when the place value is to the right of the decimal.
