Question

Helena lost her marbles. But then she found them and put them in 4 bags with m marbles in each bag. She had 3 marbles left over that didn't fit in the bags.

How many marbles does Helena have in all?

Answer 1

She had 4m marbles in the 4 bags

So number of marbles that Helena has = 4m + 3.

Answer 2

Helena has
`4m+3` marbles in all.

Explanation:

Let the total number of marbles be denoted by 'm'.

Helena found them and put them in 4 bags with m marbles in each bag.

Total marbles in 4 bags become =
`4* m=4m`

Now, she had 3 marbles left over that didn't fit in the bags.

That gives total marbles as =
`4m+3`

We can solve this using an example.

Suppose Helena had 15 marbles in total.

She divides these in 4 bags,
`(15)/(4)=3` plus 3 extra.

Now, m = 3

So, putting the value of m as 3 in equation we get,

`4(3)+3`

=
`12+3`

= 15

Therefore, we can say that Helena has

`4m+3` marbles in all.