Molly has 6 grandchildren. She likes to be fair and buy gifts for all of them at the same time. She found jigsaw puzzles, each discounted by 50¢. Find the original cost of each puzzle if she spent a total of $27.(1 point)

Question

Each puzzle cost $.

Answer 1

Let x be the original cost of each puzzle.
Molly bought 6 puzzles, so the total cost of the puzzles is 6x.
Each puzzle is discounted by 50¢, so the price of each puzzle after the discount is x - 0.5.
The total spending is $27, so 6(x - 0.5) = 27.
Dividing both sides of the equation by 6, we get x - 0.5 = 4.5.
Adding 0.5 to both sides of the equation, we get x = 5.
Therefore, each puzzle originally cost $5. Answer: \boxed{5}.