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