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.

Options:
Addition and division
Addition and multiplication
Subtraction and multiplication
Subtraction and division

5 answers

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

First, we subtract the 8 stickers that her brother gave her from the total number of stickers she ended up with: 12 - 8 = 4 stickers.

Next, we add the half of the stickers that Reann gave to her friend to the remaining 4 stickers: 4 + (1/2)(4) = 4 + 2 = 6 stickers.

Therefore, Reann initially started with 6 stickers.

The correct option is: Subtraction and addition.
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The correct option is:
Subtraction and addition.
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Apologies for the mistake. The correct option is:
Addition and multiplication.