The first place value to the right of the decimal point is:
AOne tenth part
BOne hundredth
COne thousandth
DA ten-thousandth
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. One tenth part
1. Place values to the right shrink by tens.
2. The decimal place names run in a fixed order.
3. The first is one tenth.
4. One hundredth, one thousandth and one ten-thousandth follow.
_Source: OpenStax Prealgebra 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 5 'Decimals', sections 5.1-5.7_
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