What is the value of 8 in the number 475.082

Answer 1

You're familiar with the place values on the left side of the decimal correct?

Ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, ten-thounsands...

Place value names to the right of the decimal work in a similar ways, only given that they are given fractional names because, well, they're fractions of one:

tenths: 0.1 = ¹/₁₀

hundreths: 0.01 = ¹/₁₀₀

thousandths: 0.001 = ¹/₁₀₀₀

ten-thousandths: 0.0001 = ¹/₁₀₀₀₀

and so on.

As the 8 is in the second unit value over, that means it's in the hundredths place. That means that its value is eight hundredths.