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

The answer is 16/2 cups of sugar

If a recipe needs cups of sugar, and you are going to triple the recipe, you'd have to multiple that amount by 3. So basically : 

 ×  is . 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