Question

The Cooking Club made some pies to sell

at a basketball game to raise money for the
new math books. The cafeteria
contributed two pies to the sale. Each pie
was then cut into eight pieces and sold.
There were a total of 72 pieces to sell.
How many pies did the club make?

Answer 1

7 pies

Explanation:

2 x 8=16 - the cafeteria supplied 16 slices

72-16 = 56

56/8 = 7

Answer 2

36

Explanation:

divide the 72 pieces by 2, you already know that 6 + 6 is 12, and 30 +30 is 60, so add 60 and 12 and you get 72