Question

the cooking club made some pies to sell during lunch to raise money for a field trip the cafeteria helped by donating three pies to the club. each pie was then cut into six pieces and sold. There were a total of 72 pieces to sell. how many pies did the club make

Answer 1

9

Explanation:

72 pieces divided by 6 pieces/pie = 12 pies

3 were donated by the cafeteria

thus 12-3 = 9 pies made by the club