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

§ + 25 = 500. (1 point)
• addition and multiplication
• subtraction and division
addition and division
• subtraction and multiplication

1 answer

addition and subtraction