Now can somebody explain how to do this problem in sentences?

Steve is scuba diving near his home in maui. at one point he is 100 feet below the surface. represent this number with a negative number. if he descends another 5 feet, what negative number will represents his.

Rewrite the following without an exponent. (5/8)-1

Tyler enjoys the fish so much that after his birthday his family decides to take him to a famous aquarium a tank at the aquarium is similar to his tank with the scale factor of 8 how many times greater is the volume of the tank at the aquarium than the volume of tyler tank