Molly is baking for the moms and muffins event at her school. She will bake 4 batches of banana muffins. She needs 1 3/4 cups of bananas for each batch of muffins.


PART A


Molly completed the multiplication below and said she needed 8 cups of bananas for 4 batches of muffins. What is mollys error?


4 x 1 3/4 = 4 x 8/4 = 32/4 =8


PART B


What is the correct number of cups molly needs for 4 batches of muffins? Explain how you found your answer.



Answer both PART A and PART B