To find out how many stickers Miss Boone has left after giving the same number to each of her 9 students, we need to divide the total number of stickers she has by the number of students and find the remainder.
We start with the total number of stickers:
\[ 1297 \]
Next, we divide by the number of students:
\[ 1297 \div 9 \]
Calculating this division:
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First, we determine how many times 9 fits into 1297. We can accomplish this by performing the division:
\[ 1297 \div 9 \approx 144.1111 \quad \text{(we are only interested in the whole number part)} \]
Therefore, 9 fits into 1297 a total of 144 full times.
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Now, we multiply 144 by 9 to find out how many stickers are given away:
\[ 144 \times 9 = 1296 \]
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Now we subtract the number of stickers given away from the total number of stickers to find the leftovers:
\[ 1297 - 1296 = 1 \]
Thus, the number of stickers that will be left over is
\[ \boxed{1} \]
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