standard_description: Explain equivalence of fractions in special cases, and compare fractions by reasoning about their size.
Grade 3 expectations in this domain are limited to fractions with denominators 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8.
problem_activity: Task
There are 270 students at Colfax Middle School, where the ratio of
boys to girls is 5:4. There are 180 students at Winthrop Middle
School, where the ratio of boys to girls is 4:5. The two schools
hold a dance and all students from both schools attend.  What
fraction of the students at the dance are girls?


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