Ashley had a basket of apples. Her family took half of the apples after dinner. Next morning, her family took half of the remaining apples. There were $$2$$ apples left in the basket. How many apples were in the basket at first? 
Overseas Competition->Knowledge Point->Word Problem Modules->Inverse Operation Problems->Giving Half of a Whole
$2+2=4$  $4+4=8$ 