Question

Can someone tell me how I should go about this problem?

Answer 1

Part A: Write an algebraic expression for 8 more than 5 times a number.

Part B: What is another way this expression can be read?

Answer 2

Start by choosing a variable to represent the number.
Which letter do you like as a variable, x, n, a, b, ...?
It's your choice.

Answer 3

x

Answer 4

i believe its x/5?

Answer 5

Great. We'll use x.
How do you show 5 times a number if the number is x?

Answer 6

No.
x/5 means x divided by 5. Remember that a fraction means division.
We want to show 5 times x, not x divided by 5.

Answer 7

wait no sorry 5*x

Answer 8

or 5 ⋅ x

Answer 9

Correct, but in math, we are lazy, so we want to write as little as possible, so we normally shorten 5 * x to simply 5x.

Answer 10

5x means 5 times the number represented by the variable x, or simply,
5 times a number.

Now we have another step. We need to show 8 more than 5x.

Answer 11

For example, 8 more than 2 is 10,
and 8 more than 10 is 18.
What operation do you do with 8 and 2 to end up with 10?
What operation do you do with 8 and 10 to end up with 18?

Answer 12

Add

Answer 13

Exactly.
To show a number is 8 more than another number, you add 8 to the number.
Here we need to add 8 to 5x.
We end up with

5x + 8