Abe has a bag of marbles and wants to divide them into sets. The first set will have 2 marbles; the second set, 5; the third set, 8; the fourth set, 11; and so on. How many sets will he have if he starts with 40 marbles?

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ivettef365 · Answer

so far he have 4 sets with 24 marbles, so how many marbles will set 5 will have ??
it goes by adding 3 more to each set

anonymous · Answer

15

ivettef365 · Answer

sorry with 26 marbles

ivettef365 · Answer

the 4th set have 11 marbles so what is 11 + 3 ?

anonymous · Answer

14

ivettef365 · Answer

ok so if he used 26 marbles and the 5th set needs 14 marbles, how many marbles did he use in total on the 5th set

anonymous · Answer

40

ivettef365 · Answer

ok so the question is 
how many sets will he have if he starts with 40 marbles

anonymous · Answer

5

ivettef365 · Answer

good job, he can not do more sets because he ran out of marbles  lol