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 bag.

how many marbles does Helena have.

Answer 1

4m+3

Explanation:

Helena had ...

m +m +m +m +3

marbles. This is more easily written as ...

4m +3 . . . . the number of Helena's marbles