mr. singh had 3 sheets of stickers. he gave 20 stickers from each sheet to his students and he has 12 left over stickers.

Question

I need to write and solve an equation to find how many stickers were originally on each page.

Answer 1

Let S = number of stickers per page

 

 S - 20 stickers/page = 12 stickers /3 pages = 4 stickers/page

 

S = 20 + 4 = 24 stickers per page