standard_description: Interpret multiplication as scaling (resizing), by:
- Explaining why multiplying a given number by a fraction greater than 1 results in a product greater than the given number (recognizing multiplication by whole numbers greater than 1 as a familiar case); explaining why multiplying a given number by a fraction less than 1 results in a product smaller than the given number; and relating the principle of fraction equivalence a/b = (n×a)/(n×b) to the effect of multiplying a/b by 1.
- Comparing the size of a product to the size of one factor on the basis of the size of the other factor, without performing the indicated multiplication.
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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