standard_description: Interpret a multiplication equation as a comparison, e.g., interpret 35 = 5 × 7 as a statement that 35 is 5 times as many as 7 and 7 times as many as 5. Represent verbal statements of multiplicative comparisons as multiplication equations.
problem_activity: Problem 1
Solve.
a.
$$128,000 \div 100 =$$
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b.
$$67,000 \div 10^3 =$$
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Problem 2
Explain the pattern in the number of places the digits shift in each of the quotients above and relate it to the numbers on the left side of the equations.


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