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.(1 point

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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.(1 point

GPT 3.5 · Answer

In order to solve this problem using the equation b8 + 25 = 500, we need to subtract 25 from both sides of the equation to isolate the term b8. So, the operations needed are subtraction and addition.