IXL | Multiply mixed numbers by whole numbers: word problems

Sharon and Vijay each made a bowl of punch. Vijay used 4 3/4 times as much lemonade as Sharon did. If Sharon used 4 cups of lemonade, how many cups of lemonade did Vijay use?

Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

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Celine's lemon cookie recipe calls for 2 cups of sugar. How much sugar would Celine use to make 1 3/4 batches of cookies?

Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

cups

solution

Celine would use 1 3/4 times 2 cups of sugar.

Multiply:

Write

as an improper fraction.

(1 × 4) + 3

Write

as an improper fraction.

Multiply the numerators and multiply the denominators.

7 × 2

4 × 1

Simplify the product.

Celine would use 3 1/2 cups of sugar.

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