How much is 5 parts of water?

Answer 1

If you have directions telling you to add "5 parts water," it means that you add five times as much water as you add of something else that says to add "1 part."

For example, if you add 1 part syrup and 5 parts water, you might add 100 ml of syrup and 500 ml of water, or you might add 1 liter of syrup and 5 liters of water, or you could add 3.627 liters of syrup and 18.135 liters of water, as long as the water is five times as much as the syrup.