Neil has a bucket of beads. He uses him to make eight 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 b/8 + 25 = 500

Answer 1

To solve this problem using the equation b/8 + 25 = 500, we need to perform the following operations:

1. Multiply 8 by the number of beads used to make each necklace: 8 * (number of beads per necklace) = b
2. Add 25 to the result of step 1: b + 25 = (result of step 1) + 25 = b/8 + 25
3. Set the sum equal to 500: b/8 + 25 = 500