Ashton had 2 boxes * 14 pencils = <<2*14=28>>28 pencils.

Ashton had 28 pencils - 6 = <<28-6=22>>22 pencils left.

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Ashton had two boxes of pencils with fourteen pencils in each box. He gave six pencils to his brother. How many pencils did Ashton have left?
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Ashton had two boxes of pencils with fourteen pencils in each box. He gave six pencils to his brother. How many pencils did Ashton have left?
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