a baker wanted to enter the apple pie
contest at the county fair. so, he bought
100 apples to test recipes before entering
the contest. he found that 12 of the apples
he bought could not be used. if he uses
8 apples to make each pie, how many pies
can he make from the apples he has left?

The question is kind of confusing. if it's asking how many variations of answers can you give. then do 4^5 for your answer.this would be something like the first question could be a and the 2nd c or first b next c etc. if you can, ask the teacher for a better confirmation of what it's asking. if i'm assuming correctly what it's asking, it's 625 different variations.