Question

a recipe needs 5/4 of a cup of sugar you are going to triple the recipe how much sugar do you need?

Answer 1

The answer is 16/2 cups of sugar

Answer 2

If a recipe needs $\frac{5}{4}$ cups of sugar, and you are going to triple the recipe, you'd have to multiple that amount by 3. So basically : 

$\frac{5}{4}$ × $\frac{3}{1}$ is $\frac{15}{4}$. That's the answer in fraction form, at least. In number form, the answer would be 3.75. Once this number is converted into fraction form once again. it would be $3 \frac{3}{4}$