Jayce and his friends went to their favorite restaurant, Chicken Dippers, to watch the big football game. They bought a tray of chicken wings to split evenly among the 6 of them. During the game, each friend got 4 chicken wings to snack on. How many chicken wings were on the tray to start?

The total number of chicken wings on the tray to start was 24 (6 friends x 4 chicken wings per friend).