The cooking club made some pies to sell
during lunch to raise money for a field
trip. the cafeteria by donating
three pies to the club. each pie was then
cut into six pieces and sold. there were a
total of 72 pieces to sell. how many pies
did the club make?

There are 9 pies that the club needed to make.

Since we have given that

Number of pies = 4

Number of pieces cut from each pie = 7

So, total number of pieces they needed = 91

Number of pieces from 4 pies =

so, Number of pieces the club needed to make is given by

Since each pie is cut into 7 pieces.

And number of extra pieces needed = 63

So, Number of pies would be

Hence, there are 9 pies that the club needed to make.