Rean has stickers. She gives her friend half, and then her brother gives her 8 new ones. She
ends up with 12 stickers. How many did she start with? Identify the operations needed to solve this
problem. (1 point)
In order to solve this problem, the following operations are needed:
1. Divide the total number of stickers (12) by 2 (since she gives half to her friend) to find out how many stickers she had before giving half to her friend.
2. Subtract 8 (the number of new stickers her brother gave her) from the result of the previous operation to find out how many stickers she started with.