How would you express the product of 3 times the sum of 26 and 64? explain how you know which operations to use to set up the problem.

3 * 26 + 64= x
3 * 90 = 270

product of 3 times = 3 is being multiplied (you know this because key words like “product” and “times”)
sum of 26 and 64= the sum is the amount in total after you add them together so if you add 26 and 64, you get 90