SOLUTION: the cooking club made some pies to sell at a basketball game to raise money for the new math books. the cafeteria contributed six pies to the sale. each pie was then cut into four

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Question 1076733: the cooking club made some pies to sell at a basketball game to raise money for the new math books. the cafeteria contributed six pies to the sale. each pie was then cut into four pieces and sold. there were a total of 80 pieces to sell. how many pies did the club make?
is the equation like this.
x+6/4=80?
thanks
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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The pies came from the COOKING CLUB and from the CAFETERIA.

The club made x number of pies.
The pieces of pie ready to sell were 4x%2B4%2A6=80.

Watch the units carefully.
p pies;
4 pieces per pie;
p%28pies%29%2A4%28pieces%2Fpie%29=%28p%29%284%29pieces