Solve for 18 more than the product of 16 and 2

Answer 1

This one is not as complicated as it seems, it just requires you to know some math words.

There are keywords in math that tell us what operation(s) we're going to be using. Here are several examples:

Here are some examples of addition key words:

1. add
2. altogether
3. both
4. combine
5. in all
6. increase
7. increased by
8. larger
9. larger than
10. longer
11. longer than
12. more
13. more than
14. perimeter
15. plus
16. sum
17. together
18. total

Here are some examples of subtraction key words:

1. change
2. decreased
3. difference
4. fewer
5. gave away
6. How many more…?
7. How many less…?
8. left
9. left over
10. less
11. less than
12. minus
13. remain
14. shorter than
15. smaller than
16. take away

Here are some examples of multiplication key words:

1. area
2. cubed
3. double
4. each
5. groups
6. per
7. product
8. quadruple
9. rows
10. squared
11. times
12. triple

Here are some examples of division key words:

1. average
2. divide
3. each
4. equal group
5. fourth
6. half
7. quarter
8. quotient
9. ratio
10. share
11. separate
12. split
13. third

Now, back to your problem

Solve for 18 more than the product of 16 and 2

We see that more than means addition, and product of means multiplication. Let's try the same set up with some different numbers

Solve for 12 more than the product of 15 and 4.

12 more than--- we have +12 --- the product of 15 and 4 we have 15x4

Remember order of operations PEMDAS [Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication and Division (from left to right), Addition and Subtraction (from left to right)]. says that we do multiplication before addition.

We can re-write the problem as (15x4) +12

15x4 = 60

60+12 = 72

So 12 more than the product of 15 and 4 is 72

I hope you can apply this to your problem!