30 students shared a box of stickers equally. 6 students gave up their shares and their stickers were distributed equally to the rest of the students. As a result, the rest of the students received 2 more stickers each. How many stickers did each student have at first? Ans: ___

1. Find the number of students who received the extra stickers.

Number of remaining students = $30 - 6 = 24$

2. Find the total number of extra stickers distributed to the remaining students.

Total extra stickers = $24 \times 2 = 48$

3. Determine the number of stickers each student had at first.

These $48$ stickers came from the $6$ students who gave up their shares.
Number of stickers each student had at first = $48 \div 6 = 8$