Tonya printed 30 copies of her student handbook. each handbook used 16 sheets of paper. she has 20 sheets of paper leftover. how many pages did she start with? algebra

500 sheets of paper hopefully this helps

Okay, let's set this up as an equation, shall we?

Tonya printed 30 copies, each using 16 sheets of paper, so we're going to need to do some multiplying to figure out just how much paper she needs (30 x 16). 

But wait a sec! Tonya, being the lucky duck she is, is extra prepared and has more paper than she needs. She has 20 sheets leftover, so we'll just add this on to our product of 30 and 16, which gives us the equation: 30 x 16 + 20.

Now let's solve:
30 x 16 = 480
480 + 20 = 500.

Tonya then started out with 500 pages.

Hope this helps!

What am i doing here. add?