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: Suppose
$${{\overline{AB}}}$$
is a line segment and
D
is a point not on
$${{\overline{AB}}}$$
as pictured below.
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Let
C
be the point so that
$${CD=AB}$$
,
$${\overleftrightarrow {CD} \parallel \overleftrightarrow {AB}}$$
and
ABCD
is a quadrilateral.
Draw
$${\overline {CD}}$$
using constructions.
Explain how you know that
$${\overleftrightarrow {CA} \parallel \overleftrightarrow {DB}}$$
.


aligns: no