Question

There were more dragons than knights in the battle. In fact, the ratio of dragons to knights was 5 to 4. If there were 60 knights, how many dragons were there?

Answer 1

There were 75 dragons.

Explanation:

So let start by writing a proportion of what we know already:

`"5 dragons"/"4 knights"` = `"x dragons"/"60 knights"`

We can cross multiply which gives us:

`300=4x`

Divide both sides by 4, you get 75. So you have 75 dragons.