math question 7th grade

Question

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?

Answer 1

What do we know?

Aliyah has 10 pieces of candy

4 children, each with 2 pieces of candy.

If each of 4 children receives 2 pieces of candy, the children have a total of 4 * 2 pieces of candy = x

Take that answer and add it back to the 10 Aliyah has: x + 10.

If you can find x, then you can find x + 10, which is your final answer.

Note: Make sure to actually solve for x, and not just submit "x + 10" as your answer.