Kristy baked cookies because her friends are coming over to her house. She ate 2 of them and gave her brother 1 cookie. Her first friend arrived and took 3 cookies. The second and third friends to arrive took 5 cookies each. If there are 6 cookies left, how many cookies did Kristy bake? Let's answer step by step:
There were 6 + 5 = 11 cookies left before the third friend took 5. There were 11 + 5 = 16 cookies left before the second friend took 5. There were 16 + 3 = 19 cookies left before the first friend took 3. There were 19 + 1 = 20 cookies left before Kristy gave 1 cookie to her brother. There were 20 + 2 = 22 cookies that Kristy baked. The answer: 22.