What is 5 times 1/4?

5 x 1/4

= 5/1 x 1/4

= (5x1) / (4x1)

= 5/4

= 1 1/4

= 1.25

5 x 1/4

= 5/1 x 1/4

= 5/4

multiply the numerators together ( 5 x 1) and then multiply the denominators ( 1 x 4 )

5/4 or 1.25

There are 2 ways to answer this question:

1) Convert the fraction to a decimal and use a method to multiply with decimals:

so 1/4 = 0.25, which means 5 times 1/4 can become 5 times 0.25 which using whichever multiplication method you prefer will become 1.25.

2) Treating 5 as a fraction equal to 5/1:

Doing this will make the question 5/1 times 1/4. When multiplying fractions you have to multiply the top number (numerator) by the other top number and then the bottom number (denominator) by the other bottom number. This means firstly you do 5 times 1 and that will be the top number then 4 times 1 to make the bottom number making the final answer 5/4 which can be changed to 1.25.

One quarter of five is five times 1/4. That is five divided by 4.

Therefore the answer is

5/4 = 1.25

To perform the calculation of 5 times 1/4 you just follow the common rule for the multiplication of fractions. This rule states to multiply the numerator but not multiply the denominator. Therefore for this calculation you mould multiply 5 by the numerator which is 1. 5 x 1 = 5. This becomes the new numerator. The denominator remains the same therefore the answer to this calculation is 5/4.

5*1/4

basically 5/1 * 1/4

so denominator 1 is cancelled by numerator 1

which gives a remainder of 5/4

the answer is 5/4

When multiplying by a fraction, you should divide by the denominator and times by the numerator. In this case that would be 5 divided by 4 times by 1 which is 1.25.

The simplest way to do this would be to first convert the fraction into a decimal, to do that we need to divide the denominator by the numerator, in this case 1 divided by 4. The answer is now 0.25, now you can multiply the answer by 5, giving us 1.25 or 1 1/4.

I hope that is helpful.

When multiplying fractions, you multiply the numerators (i.e. top number multiplied by top number), and multiply the denominators (bottom number multiplied by bottom number). You then end up with a fraction, which may be a simple fraction (where the numerator/top number is less than the denominator/bottom number) or a improper/top - heavy fraction (where the numerator/top number is larger than the denominator/bottom number). How you present your answer depends on it is sked for in the question. So, for example, 5 x 1/4 is the same as 5/1 x 1/4. Using the guides I've given, it would be done like this: (5 x 1)/(1 x 4), which would come to 5/4. This can be left in this form, as this is an exact answer. Depending on how the question asks for the answer to be presented, you may be required to present it as a mixed number, which is where it you show the whole numbers and the fractions. In this case, 5/4, think of how many 4s go into 5. We know that one 4 goes into 5, with 1 left over. So the answer is 1 1/4. It may even ask for the answer to be presented as a decimal. To do this, simply divide 5 by 4, giving the answer 1.25

If you were asked to give the answer as a decimal, but were asked not to use a calculator, you could use the first technique I explained, giving the answer 1 1/4. So you know that it's going to be 1. something. To turn 1/4 into a decimal, you may know that 1/4 is 0.25 If you don't, think of 100 divided by 4, giving the answer 25. To turn 100 into 1, divide it by 100 (move the decimal point 2 places to the left) and so do the same with the 25, giving you 0.25.. So the answer is 5//4, or 1 1/4, or 1.25

The answer can be given as either 1 1/4 or 1.25

1.25.

how you do this is turn 5 into a fraction by doing 5/1 and multiplying this by 1/4 you should get 5/4 which equates to 1.25.

1/4 = 0.25 0.25 x 5 = 1.25

5 times 1/4 = 1.25. You can convert the 5 into a fraction such by: 5/1. Now you should have 5/1 times 1/4. Now you times the numerator by the numerator and you times the denominator by the denominator. So, 5 times 1 is 5. And 1 times 4 is 4. So you should have 5/4. 1/4 is 0.25. So you do 0.25 times 5. Which is 1.25.

The answer is 5/4

Imagine you have 5 delicious cupcakes, and you want to share them equally among 4 of your friends.

So, you give each friend one cupcake. After that, there are no more cupcakes left because you shared them all.

That means 5 multiplied by 1/4 equals 1, because each friend gets 1 cupcake, and you don't have any cupcakes left.

You then share that cupcake in quarters hence 5/4