Question

The Cooking Club made some pies to sell during lunch to raise money for a field trip. The cafeteria helped by donating four pies to the club. Each pie was then cut into seven pieces and sold. There were a total of 70 pieces to sell. How many pies did the club make?

Solve using algebra.

Answer 1

6 Pies

Explanation:

So you know that there were 70 pies in total. Each pie has 7 pieces. To get the number of pies, you can say the number of pies is X.

The equation would be 7x=70.

Divide 7 from both sides:

x=10

That means there are 10 pies in total.

I the question, it says that the cafeteria donated 4 pies.

To get the number of pies that the club made, subtract 4 from 10, gettin g6.

That means the club made 6 pies.