What expression represents the distance between -8 and 4 on a number line

Chamberlin wants to bottle 1\8 of her apple cider. she pours the apple cider evenly among 6 bottles. what fraction of her apple cider will she put in each bottle? what expression could represent this situation?

What is the value of x in the equation 2(x-4) = 4(2x + 1)?

Sanya noticed that the temperature was falling at a steady rate of 1.4 degrees every hour from the time that she first checked her outdoor thermometer. by 6 a.m., the temperature had fallen 21 degrees. which expression can you use to find how many hours earlier she had first checked the thermometer?