Question

Word phrase to represent 5x+2

Answer 1

Five times the number x plus two

Answer 2

Hey there!

Generally, variables can be referred to as "a number" or something similar since they have yet to be defined. Addition can be referred to as a number "more than" and multiplication can be said to be a number "times" or "multiplied by" another number. 

In this example, you can say that x is "a number" and that it is multiplied "times 5". The entire phrase could be "2 more than 5 times a number". 

Hope this helped you out! :-)