Question

Finn bought 2 packs of stickers. Each pack had the same number of stickers. A friend gave him 4 more stickers. Now he has 24 stickers in all. How many stickers were in each pack. Explain how you solved it.

Answer 1

Let the number of stickers in each pack be 'x'

Finn bought 2 packs of stickers.

Number of stickers in 2 packs = $2 \times x$ = 2x

According to the question, a friend gave him 4 more stickers and now he has 24 stickers in all.

Therefore, $2x+4=24$

$2x=24-4$

$2x=20$

x = 10

Therefore, number of stickers in each pack are 10.

Answer 2

24-4=20
20/2=10
10 stickers in each pack