Mrs. Balbas makes a batch of cookies for her math class. Aaron takes 1/6 of the cookies and runs out the door. Matthew then takes 1/5 of the cookies that are left. Paige takes 1/4 of what remains after Matthew leaves. Koji takes 1/3of what remains after Paige, and then Dylan grabs half of the remaining cookies after Koji. Gavin then swoops in and grabs the last remaining 6 cookies. The rest of the class gets nothing and begins to collectively cry. How many cookies were in the batch, to begin with?

3

step-by-step explanation:

in standard form:

a= dictionaries

b= maps

you have to buy 3 dictionaries, so put a 3 next to the a (dictionaries) so that you can multiply them by each other.

a3+b= 60 (the amount of money you have)

we already know the cost of a=15 so replace a with $15

($15 x 3)+b=60

multiply 15 and 3 to get $45 and replace it with $45

45+b=60

and then replace b with 15 to get the total:

45+15=60

that means you have $15 left after buying 3 dictionaries.

15 divided by the cost of a map ($5) equals 3.

so you can buy 3 maps.

sorry if it was confusing!

c

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