Rean 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)

1 answer

In order to solve this problem, the following operations are needed:
1. Divide the total number of stickers (12) by 2 (since she gives half to her friend) to find out how many stickers she had before giving half to her friend.
2. Subtract 8 (the number of new stickers her brother gave her) from the result of the previous operation to find out how many stickers she started with.