Question

The Cooking Club made some pies to sell at a basketball game to raise money for the new math books. The cafeteria contributed three pies to the sale. Each pie was then cut into five pieces and sold. There were a total of 40 pieces to sell. How many pies did the club make? Pls give me an expression and show work.

Answer 1

they made 5 pies

Explanation:

total sold = 40

3 pies from the cafeteria times 5 cut pieces = 15

40 - 15 = 25

25 / 5 = 5

the expression is 5x + 15 = 40

5 is how many slices were cut

15 is the slices from the 3 from the cafeteria

40 is how many were sold

5 is how many were made