Molly had 6 grandchildren she likes to be fair and buy gifts for all of them at the same time. She found jigsaw puzzles discounted by 50cent. find the original cost of each puzzle if she spent a total of 27.

Answer 1

Let the original cost of each puzzle be x.
She bought 6 puzzles, so the total cost of the puzzles was 6x.
Since the puzzles were discounted by 50 cents, the final cost of each puzzle was x - 0.5.
She spent a total of 27 dollars, so we can write the equation:
6(x - 0.5) = 27
Distributing the 6 results in:
6x - 3 = 27
Adding 3 to both sides gives:
6x = 30
Dividing both sides by 6 gives:
x = 5
Therefore, the original cost of each puzzle was $5. Answer: \boxed{5}.