Josephine’s ice cream shop always makes sure its sundaes maintain a ratio of 4:1 of ice cream to toppings. A group of friends orders sundaes and receives 5 cups of ice cream total. How many cups of toppings, total, did they receive?

Please explain how I would do this problem up.

No. That doesn't make sense -- since each person receives much less topping than ice cream.

4/1 = 5/x
Cross multiply
4x = 5
x = 5/4 = 1 1/4 cups of topping

4/1 = 5/x

Cross multiply and solve for x.

my answer would be 11

Thank you now I understand you 4 divided by 5 which is 1 1/4. I see how it is done Thank you sorry I wrote the wrong information for the answer.

You're very welcome. I'm glad you learned how to do this kind of problem.

To solve this problem, we need to determine the number of cups of toppings that the group received. Since the ratio of ice cream to toppings is given as 4:1, we can use this information to find the number of cups of toppings.

First, let's break down the ratio of ice cream to toppings. It states that for every 4 cups of ice cream, there is 1 cup of toppings. This means that the total ratio of ice cream and toppings can be written as 4 + 1 = 5 (4 cups of ice cream + 1 cup of toppings = 5 units).

Next, we can use this ratio to determine the number of cups of toppings based on the number of cups of ice cream. In this case, the group of friends received a total of 5 cups of ice cream.

To find the number of cups of toppings, we can set up a proportion:

(4 cups of ice cream / 5 total units) = (x cups of toppings / total units)

Using cross-multiplication, we can solve for x (the number of cups of toppings):

4 cups of ice cream * total units = 5 total units * x cups of toppings

4 * x = 5

Simplifying the equation, we get:

x = 5 / 4

Therefore, the group of friends received 1.25 cups of toppings in total.

Keep in mind that since we are dealing with a ratio, it is possible to have fractional values. In this case, the result is 1.25 cups of toppings, which might be a decimal number.