The Cooking Club made some pies to sell at a basketball game to raise money for the new math books. The cafeteria contributed four pies to the sale. Each pie was then cut into five pieces and sold. There was a total of 60 pieces to sell How many pies did the club make?

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Step-by-step explanation:

4 pies

5 pieces cut in each pie

60 pieces

60/5 is 12. 12 pies were made in total. but 8 were made at the club

step by step solution :

step   1   :

1.1     4 = 22

(4)3 = (22)3 = 26

equation at the end of step   1   :

  ((23) • 26)2

step   2   :

equation at the end of step   2   :

  (23 • 26)2

step   3   :

final result :

  218

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