Aliyah had some candy to give to her four children

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Aliyah had some candy to give to her four children. She first took ten pieces for herself and then evenly divided the rest among her children. Each child received two pieces. With how many pieces did she start?

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Answer:

Answer:

x

=

18

She started with 18 pieces of candy.

Explanation:

Let the original number be

x

.

What do we read here? She took out 10 pieces first and then divided that amount by 4. the answer was 2.

Form an equation.

(

x

−

10

)

÷

4

=

2

could also be written as

x

−

10

4

=

2

(

x

−

10

)

×

4

4

=

4

×

2

←

multiply both sides by

4

x

−

10

+

10

=

8

+

10

←

add

10

to both sides

x

=

18

Check the answer:

Starts with

18

pieces and keeps

10

18

−

10

=

8

pieces left to share between

4

children

8

÷

4

=

2

pieces each.

2

+

2

+

2

+

2

+

10

=

18

pieces altogether


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