Question

the ratio of the number of adults to the number of students at the prom has to be 1:10 lat year there were 477 more students than adults at the prom if the school is expecting the same attendance this year how many adults have to attend

Answer 1

You would divide 10 into 477 to get 47.7, but you can't put 47.7 because you can't have a decimal. The answer is 47