Write five times the sum of a number and 11÷3 times the sum of a number and eight

Answer 1

Order of operations is important or you make a mistake

PEMDAS

parentheses first,

exponents 2nd

multiplication 3rd

division 4th

arithmetic 5th

subtraction last

sum means addition

times means multiplication

the line with a dot above & below it is division

5(x+(11/3)(x+8))

= 5x + 55x/3 +440/3

=70x/3 + 440/3

A lot depends on how carefully this problem was copied or even originally set up.

Odds are you can ask 5 people and you may get 5 different answers to this problem

depending on how they put in the parentheses

Answer 2

x = number

x+11 = sum of number and 11

5(x+11) = 5 times the sum of a number and 11

x+8 = sum of number and 8

3(x+8) = 3 times the sum of a number and 8

5(x+11) 5 times the sum of a number and 11 divided by

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3(x+8) 3 times the sum of a number and 8