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 Cents find the original cost of each puzzle if she spent a total of $27

Answer 1

Let X be the original cost of each puzzle.
Molly bought 6 puzzles, so the total cost is 6*X.
Molly bought each puzzle at a 50 cent discount, so each puzzle cost X - 0.5 dollars.
The total spending was 27 dollars, so 6(X - 0.5) = 27.
Thus 6X - 3 = 27.
Thus 6X = 30 and the original cost of each puzzle is X = 30 / 6 = <<30/6=5>>5 dollars. Answer: \boxed{5}.