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The name marble derives from the Greek word “marmaros” and means “shining stone”.
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What is the origin of the common phrase losing your marbles?
The word 'marbles' has had many meanings throughout history. Marbles are generally known as the little glass balls that children use to play a game. From the mid 19th century, 'marbles' was also used to mean 'personal effects', 'goods', or more generally 'stuff'. This derived from the French word 'meubles', which means 'furniture'. Therefore, to lose one's marbles means "to lose your stuff," or, idomatically, to lose one's mind.
Jerry has a total of 23 marbles the marbles are either blue or green he has three more blue marbles than green marbles how many marbles does he have?
He will have 13 blue marbles and 10 green marbles.
A sack contains red and blue marbles The ratio of red marbles to blue marbles is 4 to 3 If there are 16 red marbles in the sack how many blue marbles are in the sack?
12 blue marbles
A sack contains red and blue marbles The ratio of red marbles to blue marbles is 4 to 3 If there are 18 blue marbles in the sack how many red marbles are in the sack?
24
there are 3 blue marbles 7 green marbles 5 swirled marbles in a circle what fraction of the marbles are blue?
The fraction is 3/15.
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