What is a Decimal Number?

A decimal number has a whole number part and a fraction part that is separated by a decimal point. The dot in a decimal number is called a decimal point.

for eg: 25.746

Parts of Decimals Numbers

A decimal number has two parts

1. Whole number part
2. Decimal part

How to Read Decimals

Ex: 22.843

Twenty-two point eight four three

Place Value of Decimals

27.532
|| |||-------------> Thousandths 
|| ||------------> Hundredths 
|| |------------> Tenths 
||------------> Ones
|----------> Tens

27.532
|| |||-------------> 2/1000
|| ||------------> 3/100
|| |------------> 5/10
||------------> 1
|----------> 10

Decimal Place Value Chart | Decimal Chart

place Value chart of a decimal number 356.274

How to write the place value of the digit 356.274?

The place value of 3 is 3 Hundred (3 x 100 = 300)
The place value of 5 is 5 Tens (5 x 10 = 50)
The place value of 6 is 6 Ones (6 x 1 = 6)
The place value of 2 is 2 Tenths (2/10 = 0.2)
The place value of 7 is 7 Hundredths (7/100 = 0.07)
The place value of 4 is 4 Thousandths (4/1000 = 0.004)