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aliyah had some candy to give her four children. she first tooke ten pieces for herself and then evenly divided the rest among her children. each child recieved two pieces. with hiw many pices did she
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aliyah had some candy to give her four children. she first tooke ten pieces for herself and then evenly divided the rest among her children. each child recieved two pieces. with hiw many pices did she start? (two step equation)

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Let the original number be "x".
(x-10)/4 = 2

x-10 = 8
x = 18 (original number of pieces of candy.)
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