The cooking club made some pies to sell during lunch to raise money for an end of year banquet. the cafeteria contributed two pies to the club. each pies was then cut into six pieces and sold. there are a total of 72 pieces to sell. how many pies did the club make

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We know that each pie was cut into six pieces, and there are a total of 72 pieces, If we want to know how many pies there are, we need to divide the total amount of pieces by the number of pieces in each pie; this is:

72/6 = 12 pies.

So there are 12 pies, and we know that the cafeteria contributed whit 2 pies, then the club make the other 12 - 2 = 10 pies.