Decimal Places
WEeb.in Team Maths Total Views: 475 Posted: Oct 15, 2019 Updated: Apr 9, 2026
One decimal place to the left of the decimal point is the ones place. One decimal place to the right of the decimal place is the tenths place.
Keep your eye on the 9 to see where the decimal places fall.
| millions | 9,000,000.0 |
| hundred thousands | 900,000.0 |
| ten thousands | 90,000.0 |
| thousands | 9,000.0 |
| hundreds | 900.0 |
| tens | 90.0 |
| ones | 9.0 |
| tenths | 0.9 |
| hundredths | 0.09 |
| thousandths | 0.009 |
| ten thousandths | 0.0009 |
| hundred thousandths | 0.00009 |
| millionths | 0.000009 |
Adding and Subtracting Decimals
To add or subtract decimals, line up the decimal points and use zeros to fill in the blanks:
9 - 2.67 =
9.00
-2.67
6.33
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