Reann has stickers. She gives her friend half, and then her brother gives her 8 new ones. She ends up with 12 stickers. How many did she start with? Identify the operations needed to solve this problem.(1 point)

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addition and division
addition and division

addition and multiplication
addition and multiplication

subtraction and multiplication
subtraction and multiplication

subtraction and division.../

Answer 1

To solve the problem, we can identify the operations involved as follows:

1. Let \( x \) be the number of stickers Reann started with.
2. Reann gives her friend half of her stickers, so she has \( \frac{x}{2} \) left.
3. Her brother then gives her 8 stickers, resulting in \( \frac{x}{2} + 8 \).
4. She ends up with 12 stickers, which gives us the equation:

\[ \frac{x}{2} + 8 = 12 \]

5. To solve for \( x \), we first subtract 8 from both sides:

\[ \frac{x}{2} = 12 - 8 \] \[ \frac{x}{2} = 4 \]

6. Next, we multiply both sides by 2 to find \( x \):

\[ x = 4 \times 2 \] \[ x = 8 \]

Thus, Reann started with 8 stickers.

The operations needed to solve this problem are addition and division.

So the correct response is: addition and division.