Which is a correct statement about the description " two less than the quotient of a number cubed and sixteen increased by eight "?

[x^3 / (16+8) ]-2

It says the quotient, dividing, of 'a number', which means a variable or unknown number, cubed, which means to the 3rd power, and 16 increased by 8 (which is 16 + 8) and at the beginning it says 2 less than which means - 2.