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 multiplication
addition and multiplication

subtraction and multiplication
subtraction and multiplication

subtraction and division
subtraction and division

addition and division

Answer 1

To solve the problem, we need to identify the initial number of stickers Reann had. Let's break down the situation step by step:

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

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

To solve this equation, we will perform subtraction and multiplication:

1. Subtract 8 from both sides: \[ \frac{x}{2} = 4 \]

2. Then, multiply both sides by 2 to find \( x \): \[ x = 8 \]

Thus, the operations needed to solve this problem are subtraction and multiplication.

The correct response would be:

subtraction and multiplication