Niel has a bucket of beads. He uses them to make 8 identical necklaces and then buys 25 beads at the store. He ends up with a total of 500 beads. How many did he start with? Identify the operations needed to solve this problem using the equation b8 + 25 = 500
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The operations needed to solve this problem using the equation are addition and subtraction. We need to add the number of beads in 8 necklaces and the number of beads Niels buys at the store (b8 + 25) and then subtract this sum from the total number of beads he ends up with (500).