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?

Question

Please explain how I would do this problem up.

Answer 1

4/1 = 5/x

Cross multiply and solve for x.

Answer 2

my answer would be 11

Answer 3

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

Answer 4

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.

Answer 5

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