Daily Brain Teaser #6

Jake took a handful of M&Ms
from the candy dish on his grandma's coffee table.

He gave half of them to his
sister.

He sorted the M&Ms he had left and put one third of them back in the dish because they were red and he does not like red M&Ms.

That left Jake with 6 M&Ms.

How many M&Ms did Jake have
in his original handful?

________ M&Ms