Question

You are making pudding for five friends. The recipe calls for 1/4 cup of sugar per serving. How much sugar do you need?

Answer 1

1 1/4 cups I think..

Explanation:

1/4 times 4 is 1, plus another 1/4 for the 5th friend is 1 1/4 cups.

Answer 2

`(5)/(4)` or
`1(1)/(4)` cups

Explanation:

This question asks how much total sugar will be needed for 5 servings of 1/4 cup. In other words, this is asking for 1/4 cup to be added together 5 times. However, repeated addition is just multiplication, so this can become a multiplication problem. To do this make both terms a fraction by putting 5 over 1. This looks like:
`(5)/(1) *(1)/(4)`. Then, simply multiply the numerators together and the denominators together. This equals
`(5)/(4)`. If needed this can be put into the mixed fraction of
`1(1)/(4)` cups.