Do you multiply from left to right, or from right to left?

Sara needs to take a taxi to get to the movies the taxi charges $4.00 for the first mile and then $2.75 for each mile after that if the total charge is $20.50 then how far was sara’s taxi ride to the movie

Which number is located at point a on the number line? a number line is shown from negative 10 to 10 with each interval mark on the number line representing one unit. point a is labeled one interval mark to the right of negative 5.

Consider kite fghj. what are the values of a and b? a = 14, b = 6 a = 14, b = 8 a = 17, b = 6 a = 17, b = 8