Jamal buys 59 stickers. Stickers come in packs of 5 or 8. How many packs of 5 stickers does Jamal buy? 8 stickers?

7 five-pack stickers and 3 eight-pack stickers

7 five-pack stickers and 3 eight-pack stickers

5x+8y=59
5(7)+8(3)=59
35+24=59
59=59

To find out how many packs of 5 stickers Jamal buys, we can subtract the number of packs of 8 stickers from the total number of stickers he buys.

First, let's determine how many packs of 8 stickers Jamal buys. We can do this by dividing the total number of stickers (59) by 8.

59 ÷ 8 = 7 remainder 3

This means Jamal can buy 7 packs of 8 stickers and there will be 3 stickers left.

Since there are no more packs of 8 stickers to be bought, we can now calculate how many packs of 5 stickers Jamal buys using the remaining 3 stickers.

To do this, we divide the remaining stickers (3) by 5.

3 ÷ 5 = 0 remainder 3

This means Jamal cannot buy any more packs of 5 stickers as he only has 3 stickers left. Therefore, Jamal buys 7 packs of 8 stickers and does not buy any packs of 5 stickers.

So, the answer is 0 packs of 5 stickers.