What is the sum of 14 and the product of 8 and a number?
2 Answers
Explanation:
Let "a number" be represented by the variable
" the product of
"sum of
Putting everything together:
Explanation:
In statements like this, the key word is AND
That will tell you which numbers the words sum, difference, product and difference are referring to.
Sum indicates addition while product indicates multiplication.
The SUM of
In this case the 'something' is given as:
The PRODUCT of '
Choose a variable to represent the number - let's call it
The product is written as
'AND is used as a linking word twice. There are two operations.
The sum of 14 and the product of