The 3 in the hundreds position has a value of $300 and the 3 in the hundred thousands position has a value of $300000, making it 300000/300=100000/100=1000 times as big. The words “hundred” and “hundred thousand” are the clues because a hundred thousand is the same as a thousand hundred. Therefore, a thousand hundred is a thousand times bigger than a hundred, and the digits in these positions are the same.