Adam has some stickers
He gives away ¹₄ and an additional 93 stickers away to Bryan.
He gives away 10 less than ³₅ of the remaining stickers to Chris
and ³₇ of the rest to David.
Adam has 16 stickers left.
How many stickers does he have at first?
Number of stickers that Adam gives to Bryan = ¹₄ of the total + 93
Number of stickers that Adam gives to Chris = ³₅ of the remainder - 10
Number of stickers that Adam gives to David = ³₇ of the rest
Number of stickers left = 16


Working backwards.
1 - ³₇ = ⁴₇

⁴₇ of the rest = 16
¹₇ of the rest = 16 ÷ 4 = 4
⁷₇ of the rest = 7 x 4 = 28

1 - ³₅ = ²₅

²₅ of the remainder = 28 - 10 = 18
¹₅ of the remainder = 18 ÷ 2 = 9
⁵₅ of the remainder = 5 x 9 = 45

1 - ¹₄ = ³₄
³₄ of the total = 45 + 93 = 138
¹₄ of the total = 138 ÷ 3 = 46
⁴₄ of the total = 4 x 46 = 184

Number of stickers at first = 184

Answer(s): 184