Sure! Here’s how to simplify the expression step by step, like a 7th grader would do it, without numbered steps.
Let's say we have the expression:
2(3 + 4) + 5
First, we start by simplifying the parentheses. We see that inside the parentheses we have 3 + 4, which equals 7. So now the expression looks like this:
2(7) + 5
Next, we need to multiply. We multiply 2 by 7, which gives us 14. Now our expression is:
14 + 5
Now we just add 14 and 5 together, which equals 19.
So the simplified version of 2(3 + 4) + 5 is 19.