Question

How do you write an expression for eight times a number used as a factor four times?

Answer 1

`8x xx 8x xx 8x xx 8x`

Explanation:

This is an unusual way of asking about factors...

Factors are numbers which are multiplied together.

Eight times a number means `8 xx x = 8x`

"Used as a factor" means multiplied .

Eight times a number used as a factor four times is:

`8x xx 8x xx 8x xx 8x`