Question

What is the digit in the tens place and the digit in the tenths place?

Answer 1

The digit in the tens place is the second digit to the left of the decimal point.
The digit in the tenths place is the first digit to the right of the decimal place.

Explanation:

An example might help.

Consider the number `4927.3651`
This represents:
`color(white)("XXX")4" thousands "` plus
`color(white)("XXX")9" hundreds "` plus
`color(white)("XXX")color(blue)(2" tens ")` plus
`color(white)("XXX")7" ones "` plus
`color(white)("XXX")color(red)(3" tenths ")`plus
`color(white)("XXX")6" hundredths "` plus
`color(white)("XXX")5" thousandths "` plus
`color(white)("XXX")1" ten thousandths"`