What is 5 times 1/4?

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 )

Hi, the answer is 1.25.

Begin by making 5 into a fraction:

5/1

Then multiply the two fractions:

5/1 x 1/4

Start by multiplying the numerators (top numbers):

5x1= 5

And the denominators (bottom numbers):

1x4= 4

You are left with the fractions 5/4 which can then be simplified to 1 1/4, or 1.25.

Hope this helped!

the answer to 5 x 1/4 =1.25 or 1 1/4

When multiplying fractions, we must remember that quarters are not a number, they are a thing. So if we imagine instead of quarters we have pencils:

5 x 1 pencil = 5 pencils

It is the same with quarters (and all other fractions), we only multiply the number we have and the bottom number never changes e.g.

5 x 1 quarter = 5 quarters or 1 whole and 1 quarter

5/1 x 1/4

When multiplying fractions, multiply the two top numbers (numerators) together and the two bottom numbers (denominators) together.

5 x 1 = 5, 1 x 4 = 4

5 x 1/4 = 5/4

4 goes into 5 once with a remainder of 1

Answer = 1 1/4

5 * 1/4 or 5 ÷ 4 = 1.25 or 1 1/4

5 times a quarter is the same as 5 lots of one quarter, so would equal 5/4 (5 quarters). As a mixed number, that would be equivalent to one whole (as 4 quarters = 1 whole) and one quarter (5 1/4).

We can approach this question using two different methods (depending on how you prefer to visualise and solve fractions)

1) We can identify that multiplying fractions by whole numbers means we multiply the whole number by the numerator (number on the top) and divide by the denominator (number on the bottom) = this gives us 5/4 = 1.25

2) We can rewrite 5 as a fraction (simply put, any whole number as a fraction is that number over 1 = 5 = 5/1) therefore this can be multiplied by 1/4 in the same way that we multiply any other fraction = multiply the numerators by each other [5 x 1] and multiply the denominators by each other [1 x 4] giving us = 5/4

5 time 1/4 = 5/4 = 1.25

Times 5 by 1 and than divide the answer by 4 to get 1.25

Hi Maximillia,

5 times 1/4 can be solved with these easy steps to follow. The fraction 1/4 can be thought as, "1 divided by 4". If you include the multiplication in that sentence, you can say, "5 times 1, divided by 4".

"5 times 1"

5 x 1 = 5

take your answer from the previous stage, "divided by 4"

5 / 4 = 1.25

Therefore your answer to 5 times 1/4 is 1.25

You can use this same idea for any number with any fraction. Here's another example: "What is 10 times 2/5?"

this is the same as saying, "10 times 2, divided by 5"

"10 times 2"

10 x 3 = 20

take your answer from the previous stage, "divided by 5"

20 / 5 = 4

Therefore your answer to 10 times 2/5 is 4.

I hope that this solves your question Maximillia

So firstly, 5 could be written as a fraction of 5/1. This is because 5 split between one person would still be 5. So then I would set out the equation:

5/1 x 1/4

Then you would times the top of the two fractions together, the numerators, 5 times 1 = 5, then times the bottom two numbers together, the denominators. This would be 1 times 4 which equals 4. This means that the final fraction would be 5/4.

5 x 1/4

= 5/1 x 1/4

= (5x1) / (4x1)

= 5/4

= 1 1/4

= 1.25

5* 1/4 =

5/4

= 1 *1/4

= 1.25

The answer is 1.25