How do I solve this problem. Should I multiply. Ms. Hodge is baking cupcakes. She uses 3/4 cups of sugar for each batch of cupcakes. she bakes 5 batches of cupcakes. How many cups of sugar did she use
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(3/4) * 5 = _______ cups
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To solve this problem, you need to multiply the number of batches by the amount of sugar used for each batch. In this case, Ms. Hodge uses 3/4 cups of sugar for each batch, and she bakes 5 batches of cupcakes.
To find out how many cups of sugar she used in total, you can calculate:
3/4 (cups of sugar per batch) × 5 (number of batches) = ?
To multiply fractions, you simply multiply the numerators (the top numbers) and the denominators (the bottom numbers):
3/4 × 5/1 = (3 × 5) / (4 × 1) = 15/4
However, it is usually better to have the answer in simplest form, which means reducing any fractions if possible. In this case, we can simplify 15/4:
15/4 = 3 3/4
Therefore, Ms. Hodge used 3 3/4 cups of sugar in total for the 5 batches of cupcakes.