Question

Kendra buy a magazine for $3 and four paperback books for $5 each. The expression 3 + 4 x 5 represents the total cost in dollars of her purchases. What are the terms in this expression

Answer 1

3 is the total dollars 1 magazine cost
4 is the total of paperback books she bought
5 is the total dollars 1 paperback book cost
multiply 4 by 5 to get total cost of the 4 paperback books and add 3 of the total cost of the magazine to get the total cost of everything