In this place value chart, the digit with the greatest value is the ones column. Both of these numbers have 2 ones. So now, you need to move to look at the next column - the tenths column.

Start by putting the number 3.12 into the place value chart. It has 3 tens, 1 tenths and 4 hundredths. Look at the slideshow below to see how the place value of each digit changes when you ...