using System;

​

public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        decimal x = 12345.67890M;

        Console.WriteLine("scale: " + x.GetScale());

        Console.WriteLine("Precision: " + x.GetPrecision());

    }

}

​

public static class Extensions{

    public static int GetScale(this decimal value){

        if(value == 0)

            return 0;

        int[] bits = decimal.GetBits(value);

        return (int) ((bits[3] >> 16) & 0x7F); 

    }

​

    public static int GetPrecision(this decimal value){

        if(value == 0)

            return 0;

        int[] bits = decimal.GetBits(value);

        //We will use false for the sign (false =  positive), because we don't care about it.

        //We will use 0 for the last argument instead of bits[3] to eliminate the fraction point.

        decimal d = new Decimal(bits[0], bits[1], bits[2], false, 0);

        return (int)Math.Floor(Math.Log10((double)d)) + 1;

    }

}