Question

Molly is baking for the Moms and Muffins event at her school. She will bake 4 batches of banana muffins. She needs 1 3/4 cups of bananas for each batch of muffins.

Part A

Molly completed the multiplication below and said she needed 8 cups of bananas for 4 batches of muffins. What is Molly's error?

4x1 3/4 =4x 8/4 =32/4=8



Part B

What is the correct number of cups Molly needs for 4 batches of muffins? Explain how you found your answer

Answer 1

the correct answer is 1 and 8 because 4 times 1 will be 1 and 8 times 4 equals 32 and will be 8

Answer 2

Part A: it should be 7/4 not 8/4

Part B: it is 7 because 1 3/4 times 4 is 7