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Granny has some stickers if she gives 6 stickers to her grandkids she will have 5 stickers left if she gives 7 stickers she will need 2 more stickers.

How many stickers does granny have?
How many grandkids does granny have?

User Nazmi
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Final answer:

Granny has 11 stickers. The number of grandkids Granny has cannot be determined from the information provided.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find out how many stickers Granny has and how many grandkids she has, we need to set up and solve a simple algebra problem. Let's let x represent the number of stickers Granny has originally.

If Granny gives away 6 stickers and then has 5 left, we can write the equation x - 6 = 5. Solving this equation gives us x = 11. Thus, Granny has 11 stickers.

Now, if Granny were to give away 7 stickers instead, we are told she would need 2 more. This implies that giving away 7 stickers would leave her with a negative number of stickers, specifically x - 7 = -2. If we solve for x in this equation, we also get x = 11, confirming our previous result.

Regarding the number of grandkids Granny has, we don't have enough information to answer that question. The question only describes what happens when Granny gives away a certain number of stickers, not how they are distributed among the grandkids.

User Nathan Dries
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she has 11 stickers and 13 grandkids
User Martin Cowie
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