standard_description: Apply properties of operations as strategies to multiply and divide. (Students need not use formal terms for these properties.) ^( )Examples: If 6 × 4 = 24 is known, then 4 × 6 = 24 is also known. (Commutative property of multiplication.) 3 × 5 × 2 can be found by 3 × 5 = 15, then 15 × 2 = 30, or by 5 × 2 = 10, then 3 × 10 = 30. (Associative property of multiplication.) Knowing that 8 × 5 = 40 and 8 × 2 = 16, one can find 8 × 7 as 8 × (5 + 2) = (8 × 5) + (8 × 2) = 40 + 16 = 56. (Distributive property.)
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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