standard_description: Given two figures, use the definition of similarity in terms of similarity transformations to decide if they are similar; explain using similarity transformations the meaning of similarity for triangles as the equality of all corresponding pairs of angles and the proportionality of all corresponding pairs of sides.
problem_activity: Problem 1
How much is a million?
Problem 2
Make a model to represent the size of 1,000,000.
Problem 3
a.   Use a place value chart to model the size of 1,000,000, building it from bundles of 10 starting with the ones place.
b.   Use your work in Part (a) to solve each of the following:
10
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10 = ______________
10
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10
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10
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10 = ______________
10
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10
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10
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10
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10
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10 = ______________
c.   Use your work in Part (a) to write each of the following as a product of tens:
1,000 = ____________________________
100,000 = ____________________________
100,000,000 = ____________________________


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