Julie spent $142 on dinners for the youth-group party. She spent $77 on chicken dinners and the rest on pasta dinners. The pasta dinners cost $5 each. How many pasta dinners did Julie buy? (1 point) Julie bought pasta dinners.

Julie spent $142 - $77 = $<<142-77=65>>65 on pasta dinners.

Therefore, Julie bought $65/$5 = <<65/5=13>>13 pasta dinners. Answer: \boxed{13}.