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If Mike has m pencils and Jen has three times as many pencils as Mike, how many more pencils does Jen have?

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If Sarah has three times as many pencils as Mike she has 3 times the number of pencils Mike has which is equivalent to 3 * m. That means Mike has m pencils and Sarah has 3m pencils. they have m + 3m pencils. The expression would be total: m + 3m.

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