Question

Mia needs 2 1/4 cups of fruit to make one serving of a

smoothie. How much fruit should she use if she is
making 5 servings?

Answer 1

11.25 cups or simplified 11 1/4 cups

Explanation:

you do 2 1/4 times 5

Answer 2

`11(1)/(4)`

Explanation:

Given the following question:


`2(1)/(4) *5`

Each serving takes 2 1/4 cups of fruit...
How much to make 5 servings?

To find the answer we will have to multiply 2 1/4 by 5, since we are trying to find out how much it would take to make 5 smoothies.


`2(1)/(4) *5`

`2(1)/(4) =4*2=8+1=9=(9)/(4)`

`(9)/(4) *5`

`5=(5)/(1)`

`(9)/(4) *(5)/(1)`

`9*5=45`

`4*1=4`

`=(45)/(4)`

Convert into mixed number:

`(45)/(4)`

`=(45)/(4)=45/4=11(1)/(4)`

`=11(1)/(4)`

Which means in order to make 5 servings of the smoothie, we need "11 1/4 cups" of fruit.

Hope this helps.