The cooking club made some pies to sell at a basketball game to raise money for the new math book. The cafeteria contributed three pies to the sale. Each pie was then cut into seven pieces and sold. There were a total of 91 pieces to sell. How many pies did the club make?

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26 March, 23:00

The cooking club made some pies to sell at a basketball game to raise money for the new math book. The cafeteria contributed three pies to the sale. Each pie was then cut into seven pieces and sold. There were a total of 91 pieces to sell. How many pies did the club make?

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Abel Gordon · Answer 1

Well, if the cafeteria contributed 3 pies and they were cut into 7 pieces, there would be 21 pieces of pie.

If you subtract that from 91 pieces they sold it would equal to 70 pieces. You then divide that into 7 pieces (to make a whole) and you get 10.

So the cooking club made 10 pies