Sarah is making a healthy smoothie for breakfast. Her recipe includes 2 1/4 cups of yogurt. Sarah wants to make 3 servings. How much yogurt does she need in total? Convert the answer to a mixed number in simplest form.(1 point)
Responses
6 cups
6 cups
3/4 cup
3 fourths cup
27/4 cups
27 fourths cups
6 3/4 cups
To find the total amount of yogurt Sarah needs, you multiply the amount per serving (2 1/4 cups) by the number of servings (3).
To multiply a mixed number by a whole number, you multiply the whole number by the whole number part of the mixed number, then multiply the whole number part by the fraction part, and finally add the two products together.
In this case, you have:
2 1/4 cups * 3 servings
= (2 * 3) + (1/4 * 3)
= 6 + 3/4
= 6 3/4 cups
Therefore, Sarah needs a total of 6 3/4 cups of yogurt.