Andy and his friend sam were walking along the road together. andy has a big bag of marbles. unfortunately the bottom of the bag split and all the marbles spilled out.
one third (1/3) of the marbles rolled down the slope.
one sixth (1/6) of them disappeared into the water drain.
andy and sam picked up all they could but half (1/2) of the marbles that remained nearby were picked up by other children who ran off with them.
andy counted all of the marbles he and sam had rescued. he gave on third (1/3) of these to sam for him pick them up. andy put his remaining marbles into his pocket. there were 14 of them. how many marbles were in andy's bag before the bottom split?