Recognizing decimal places

After the decimal point, the place values of the digits are, in order:

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The "7" is in the third place after the decimal point, so its place value is one thousandth.

After the decimal point, the place values of the digits are, in order:

The last nonzero digit of 0.045 appears in that third place, so the fractional form of this decimal expression is , or forty-five one-thousandths.

"Six hundred seven ten-thousandths" is the fraction . To write this in decimal form, put the "7" in the ten-thousandths place, which is the fourth place after the decimal point. This number is "0.0607."