Question

Jim gave 3/8 of his stickers to Hashim and 1/4 of them to Rani. He had 21 stickers left. How many stickers did he have at first?

Answer 1

ten stickers because 24 minus the 4 your friend gave you equals 20. divide that by the number of packs he bought and you get ten stickers per pack.

(10+10+4=20)

Explanation:

Answer 2

The total number of stickers he had at first is 56

How many stickers did he have at first?

From the question, we have the following parameters that can be used in our computation:

Hashim = 3/8

Rani = 1/4

Amount left = 21

Represent the initial number of stickers with x

So, we have

x - 3/8x - 1/4x = 21

Multiply through by 8

8x - 3x - 2x = 168

This gives

3x = 168

Divide through by 3

x = 56

Hence, he has 56 stickers at first