I hope this helps you
-3+3. (-4)=16
-3-12=16
-15=16 false
It wants expanded form and the distributive property (something like 2(5+6b), so I would think it wants something like 7(200+50+6). This way, you're multiplying 7 by each expanded part of the number, which you would do anyway when solving like normal. Please correct me if I'm wrong!
If Shannon's garden is in a rectangle, the area of a rectangle is (length x width). If it's a square, then it would simply be (length x length) ... or length squared.