Isabel was helping her mom pick apples from their tree in the front yard. Together they picked 34 apples. They want to make apple pies. Each apple pie needs 4 apples, but the apples have to be ripe. 6 of the apples they picked are not ripe. How many pies can they make?
Thoughts? Step-by-step reasoning:
Isabel has 34 apples - 6 that are not ripe = 28 ripe apples. To make pies they will need 28 apples / 4 apples per pie = 7 pies.
Thus, the answer is 7.