How many did she start with?

Question

Mandy is trying to figure out how many marbles she started with before recess. She remembers that she gave half to her friend Clara. She also knows her six favorite blue marbles fell out of her pocket. To play a game, she split them into four piles, but only has one pile left. There are 8 marbles in the one pile. 

Answer 1

At the start of the game she had 32 (4 x 8)

Before the marbles fell out of her pocket she had 38 (32 + 6)

38 was what was left after given half away.

Mandy started with 76.