Adam has some stickers
He gives away ¹₃ and an additional 65 stickers away to Bryan.
He gives away 9 less than ¹₅ of the remaining stickers to Chris
and ⁴₇ of the rest to David.
Adam has 9 stickers left.
How many stickers does he have at first?
Number of stickers that Adam gives to Bryan = ¹₃ of the total + 65
Number of stickers that Adam gives to Chris = ¹₅ of the remainder - 9
Number of stickers that Adam gives to David = ⁴₇ of the rest
Number of stickers left = 9


Working backwards.
1 - ⁴₇ = ³₇

³₇ of the rest = 9
¹₇ of the rest = 9 ÷ 3 = 3
⁷₇ of the rest = 7 x 3 = 21

1 - ¹₅ = ⁴₅

⁴₅ of the remainder = 21 - 9 = 12
¹₅ of the remainder = 12 ÷ 4 = 3
⁵₅ of the remainder = 5 x 3 = 15

1 - ¹₃ = ²₃
²₃ of the total = 15 + 65 = 80
¹₃ of the total = 80 ÷ 2 = 40
³₃ of the total = 3 x 40 = 120

Number of stickers at first = 120

Answer(s): 120