Final answer:
The cafeteria contributed three pies for the cooking club to sell at the basketball game. When each pie is cut into five pieces, there will be a total of 15 pieces available for sale. The question as presented does not specify the total number of pies made by the cooking club excluding the cafeteria's contribution.
Step-by-step explanation:
The question does not specify the exact number of pies the cooking club made, but it mentions that the cafeteria contributed three pies to the sale. Each of those pies was then cut into five pieces to sell. To determine the total number of pieces that could be sold, we would multiply the number of pies by the number of pieces each pie is cut into.
3 pies × 5 pieces per pie = 15 pieces
Therefore, from the three pies contributed by the cafeteria, the club can produce 15 pieces of pie to sell at the basketball game.
If the question is asking for the number of pies before they were cut, the club made three pies as mentioned in the question. However, if the question regards the contributions excluding what the cafeteria provided, this information is not provided in the question and thus cannot be determined.