Let's look at the first given statement. The key phrase in this statement is ... more than ... This indicates that we should add.
... + ...
The two terms that we are adding together are 5 and 4 times the number of DVDs. Since 5 comes first in the verbal expression, it should be on the right-hand side of the addition. If we call the number of DVDs x, we can now write the full expression.
5 more than 4 times a number of DVDs
4 x + 5
This corresponds with answer D. Note that this is only one of multiple ways to algebraically express the given verbal expression.
