Write each of these as a product of the same factor then simplify

Write each of these as a product of the same factor then simplify.
2
4
9
Find the value of the expression. State the operation you used at each step. 1  23  (14  8) / 3  6
What did you do?
3
Find the value of the expression. If a = 4, b = 5, c = 6. b2  (28  a) / 4
What did you do?
Substitution
Multiply
1) A theater charges $9.50 for adults and $6 for children. Write two expressions that show the total cost of buying 3 adult tickets and 3 children’s tickets. One of the expressions must be distributive property. 2) Sergei caught 4 striped fish. Each one weighed the same number of pounds. Then he caught another fish that weighed 8 pounds. Write an expression that represents the total weight of the fish that Sergei caught?