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

For this case, the first thing we must do is define a variable:
 m = number of marbles
 We have then:
 "put them in 4 bags with m marbles in each bag"
 mathematically we have:
 4m
 Then,
 "She had 3 marbles left over that did not fit in the bags"
 mathematically we have:
 4m + 3
 Answer:
 Helena has:
 4m + 3 marbles.