The teacher distributes candies to the children, one piece each. There are 8 children on the left of Xiaodong and 7 children on the right of Xiaodong. How many pieces of candy are needed in total?
老师给小朋友们发糖果，每人发一块，小冬左边有8个小朋友，小冬右边有7个小朋友，一共需要多少块糖果？
<gadget id="calculator">8 + 7 + 1</gadget>
<output>16</output>

<result>16</result>