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Mr. Singh had three sheets of stickers. He gave 20 stickers from each sheet to his students and has 12 total stickers left. Write and solve an equation to find how many stickers were originally on each sheet.

Let x = the number of stickers on each sheet

3x - 12 = 20

3x = 32

x = 32/3

x = 10.67

Therefore, there were originally 10.67 stickers on each sheet.

Did you know?

Did you know that you can use equations to solve sticker-related problems too? In this case, Mr. Singh started with three sheets of stickers and gave 20 stickers from each sheet to his students. We are told that he has 12 stickers remaining. By setting up an equation, we can find out how many stickers were originally on each sheet. Let's call the number of stickers on each sheet "x". Since he had three sheets, the total number of stickers initially was 3x. After giving away 20 stickers from each sheet, the new total is 3x - 60 (20 stickers per sheet times 3 sheets). The problem tells us that Mr. Singh has 12 stickers left, so we can set up the equation 3x - 60 = 12. Solving this equation, we find that the original number of stickers on each sheet was 24.