Molly has six 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 cent. Find the original cause of each puzzle if she spent a total of $27

Answer 1

Let's assume the original cost of each jigsaw puzzle is x dollars.
Molly has six grandchildren, so she buys a total of 6 puzzles.
The total cost of the puzzles without any discount is 6x dollars.
She found a discount of 50 cents for each puzzle, so the cost of each puzzle after the discount is x - 0.50 dollars.
The total cost of all the puzzles after the discount is 6 * (x - 0.50) = 6x - 3 dollars.
We're told that Molly spent a total of $27, so we can set up the equation 6x - 3 = 27.
Adding 3 to both sides of the equation, we get 6x = 30.
Dividing both sides of the equation by 6, we get x = 5.
Therefore, the original cost of each jigsaw puzzle is $5. Answer: \boxed{5}.