Lizzy: Mary only has 8 screws on hand and needs to buy 2 times more to fix her sink. When she is beginning repairs, she has to split the screws into four sections. How many are in each pile?.
Me: Hmmm, let me think. I think this is the detailed solution:
Mary originally had 8 screws, then went to buy twice more screws and ended up with 8 + (8 * 2) = 24 of them. She then split them into four piles of 24 / 4 = 6. Final answer: 6.