Question

How would you write the following phrase as a number expression eight more than triple a number

Answer 1

In general, when you see the phrase “a number,” the translates to an unknown value. We can pick any letter we want to represent the number, so let’s pick “x”. “Triple a number” means we’re multiplying x by 3, getting us 3x, and “eight more than” means we’ll be adding 8 to that 3x, so ultimately we’re left with the expression 3x + 8