Interpreting Expressions

I am making apple pie and apple turnovers. One recipe calls for 2 apples. The other recipe calls for 3 apples. I'm making 5 recipes of each dessert. How many apples do I need?	$2 + (3 \times 5)$
I have 2 one-dollar bills and 3 five-dollar bills. How much money do I have?	$(2 + 3) \times 5$
Mom lets me keep any money I find when I clean the house. She also quadruples any money I find to pay me for my work. I found $2 in the couch and $3 in my dad's jacket. How much money will I have after Mom pays me?	$2 + 3 \times 5$
I need 2 cups of almond flour to make a batch of pancakes and 3 cups of almond flour to make a cake. I'm going to make 5 cakes and 1 batch of pancakes. How much flour will I need?	$2 + 3 + (2 + 3) \times 4$

Decide which numeric expression best fits each story. Be ready to defend your choices.

Decide which numeric expressions, if any, represent the same value.

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