Question

Daniel wanted to make note cards by Cutting Pieces of paper in half. Before Starting he got three more pieces to use. When he was done he had 20 half-pieces of paper. With how many pieces did he start?

Answer 1

7 pieces

Explanation:

let the initial number of papers be x

he got extra three more papers which makes the total number of papers near Daniel as x+3

now all these papers are cut into half which means 2(x+3) is the total number half piece papers Daniel got which was given as 20.

2(x+3)=20

x+3=10

x=7

There are 7 pieces of paper with him initially.