Question

Which place is the 7 in? 502.78 tens tenths ones hundredths

Answer 1

Answer:

tenths

Step-by-step explanation:

The given number is 502.78.

In expanded form

$502 .78 = 5 \times 100 + 0 \times 10 + 2 \times 1 + \frac{7}{10} + \frac{8}{100}$

Hence the place of 7 is tenths.

We can see in the expansion that 7 is being multiplied by 1/10.

This means it is in the tenth position.

Answer 2

Answer:

tenths

Step-by-step explanation:

Suppose a number is given in the form ABC.ZYX

The place values would be:

C is ones

B is tens

A is hundreds

Z is tenths

Y is hundredths

X is thousandths

Looking at the number 502.78, we see that "7" is the first right place after decimal, which is same as "Z", which is tenths.

Hence 7's place value is tenths