0.3 is 3 tenths. 0.07 is 7 hundredths. The first place after the dot is tenths, the next is hundredths.
Worked example
Which digit is in the hundredths place of 42.86?
Answer:6
Read 42.86 from the dot outwards: ones before it, then tenths, then hundredths. In 42.86 the hundredths digit is 6.
ones
tenths
hundredths
2
8
6
For grown-ups: Decimals as fractions with denominator 10 or 100 (0.62 = 62/100); locate on a number line. Below: three problems to try with the worked answers, and a free printable sheet. Children can practise the same skill as a game, with no sign-up and no ads.
CCSS 4.NF.C.6
What this practises, for teachers
Practices decimals as fractions with denominator 10 or 100 (0.62 = 62/100); locate on a number line (4.NF.C.6). A printable sheet with its answer key, worked answers on the page, no accounts.