A recipe for banana pudding calls for 2/3 cups of sugar for the flour and 1/4 cups of sugar for the meringue topping, how many cups of sugar is required to make that good banana pudding?
Five friends want to split 6 1/4 pounds of candy amongst themselves. How many pounds of candy will they each get?
To calculate the total amount of sugar required to make the banana pudding, you need to add the amount of sugar for the flour and the meringue topping.
The recipe calls for 2/3 cups of sugar for the flour and 1/4 cups of sugar for the meringue topping. To find the total amount of sugar, you add these two amounts together:
2/3 cups + 1/4 cups = 8/12 cups + 3/12 cups = 11/12 cups
Therefore, you will need 11/12 cups of sugar to make the banana pudding.
To calculate the amount of candy each friend will get, you need to divide the total amount of candy by the number of friends.
The five friends want to split 6 1/4 pounds of candy. To divide this evenly, you divide the total amount of candy by the number of friends:
6 1/4 pounds ÷ 5 friends
First, convert the mixed number (6 1/4) to an improper fraction:
6 1/4 = (4/4 * 6) + 1/4 = 24/4 + 1/4 = 25/4
Now, divide the fraction by the number of friends:
25/4 pounds ÷ 5 friends = 25/4 ÷ 5 = 25/4 * 1/5 = 25/20
Simplify the fraction:
25/20 = (5/5 * 25) / (5/5 * 20) = 125/100 = 1 25/100
Therefore, each friend will get 1 25/100 pounds of candy.
How much pudding do you want?
6.25/5 = ?