Question

Melissa and Angie baked 15

pies for the bake sale on Pi
Day and were surprised
when they sold every piece
for $2.00 each. If their
ingredients were $15.24 for
all the pies and each pie
was cut into 8 slices, how
much profit did the girls
make in the bake sale?

Answer 1

15 pies (8 slices) = 120 slices

120 slices ($2.00) = $240.00

$240.00 profit - ($15.24 expenses) = $224.76

The girls made $224.76 in profit.

Answer 2

Explanation:

The total number of pies that Melissa and Angie baked is 15.

Each pie was cut into 8 slices. This means that the total number of slices that the pies was cut into was

8 × 15 = 120

They they sold every piece

for $2.00 each. This means that the total amount that they made from selling 120 pieces is

2 × 120 = $240

If the ingredients were $15.24 for

all the pies, it means that the profit that the girls made in the bake sale is

240 - 15.24 = $224.76