I think this is how you do it: A line of segment is a line with a circular round ball at each end of the line. The line can be straight or diagnal. You draw that, and then draw a line like that right next to the line that you just drew. Then you explain how you did that/ your steps.
You can repeat 8 till you get to 48 and count how many 8's you needed to get there.
This is one of the many strategys but there are better ones.