Molly has 6 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¢. Find the original cost of each puzzle if she spent a total of $27.(1 point)
Each puzzle cost $
Let x be the original cost of each puzzle.
Molly bought 6 puzzles, so she spent 6x dollars.
The discount was 50 cents per puzzle, so the discounted cost of each puzzle is x - 0.50 dollars.
Therefore, Molly spent a total of 6 * (x - 0.50) dollars on puzzles.
Since the total amount she spent was $27, the equation becomes:
6 * (x - 0.50) = 27
Dividing both sides of the equation by 6, we get:
x - 0.50 = 27/6
x - 0.50 = 4.50
Adding 0.50 to both sides of the equation, we get:
x = 4.50 + 0.50
x = 5
Therefore, each puzzle originally cost $5. Answer: \boxed{5}.