standard_description: Understand the concept of a ratio and use ratio language to describe a ratio relationship between two quantities. For example, “The ratio of wings to beaks in the bird house at the zoo was 2:1, because for every 2 wings there was 1 beak.” “For every vote candidate A received, candidate C received nearly three votes.”
problem_activity: Task
The ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls at school is 4:5.  There are 270 students at this school. For each of the following statements, explain whether the statement is true or false and why:
The number of boys at school is 4/5 the number of girls.
4/5 of the students in the school are boys.
There are exactly 30 more girls than boys.
There are exactly 30 boys at the school.
5/9 of the students in the school are girls.


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