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 b/8 + 25 = 500

A subtraction and division
B addition and division
C addition and multiplication
D subtraction and multiplication

1 answer

B addition and division