SOLUTION: find the number that is 2 more than 3 times 5 ?

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Question 751224: find the number that is 2 more than 3 times 5 ?
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Multiply 3 times 5, then make it 2 more by adding + 2 on the right of it:

            3×5 + 2

That becomes
           
             15 + 2

which becomes  

               17 

Edwin
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