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The first thing to understand about decimals is place value. Each digit in a number holds a specific place. Until now, we have mostly dealt with place values to the left of the decimal.The place values to the right end in ths. Here is a number with seven significant digits to the right of the decimal: Look Out: notice there is no such thing as theoneths place.When naming a number, we use the word and to mean everything after the decimal, and you usually only pronounce the last place value.he first thing to understand about decimals is place value. Each digit in a number holds a specific place. Until now, we have mostly dealt with place values to the left of the decimal.