Verified Answer :

You just need to do 5 times 6 = 30. There were 30 cookies.

Answer:

The total number of cookies are 30 .

Step-by-step explanation:

Let us assume that the total number of cookies are x .

As given in the question be as follow.

Jake ate \(\frac{1}{6}\) of cookies at the Valentine's day party.

If he ate 5 cookies .

Equation becomes

\(\frac{1}{6}\times x = 5\)

Simplify the above

x = 5 × 6

x = 30

Therefore the total number of cookies are 30 .