SOLUTION: On her way home from school Gloria met a friend and gave her one half of all her candy. Nezt she met another friend and gave him one half of all the. amdy she had left. She then ha

Question 884727: On her way home from school Gloria met a friend and gave her one half of all her candy. Nezt she met another friend and gave him one half of all the. amdy she had left. She then had 9 pieces left. How many pieces did she start with?
Answer by JulietG(1812) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This is very similar to This Question, but in case it's not a duplicate, let's go ahead and work it.
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To do this type of problem, we work backward.
At the end, Gloria has 9 pieces left. She gave friend 2 half; therefore, she gave him 9 pieces.
Before meeting friend 2, Gloria had 18 pieces. She gave friend 1 half; therefore, she gave her 18 pieces.
18 + 18 = 36 pieces to start with.
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