Well, if you're following PEMDAS (Parentheses, Exponents, Multi/Div, Add/Sub), yes, first you would multiply 4x2, then since it's all adding and subtracting, you would go left to right, so if I'm right..
5-8+8-1 is the equation you'd need. So..
5-8=-3 -3+8=5-1=4. If I'm right, then 4 is your total. Hope that helped!