Michael has a substantial student debt, but he recently got a new job which came with a signing bonus. He calculates that with his new job he can put aside a fixed amount of money every month to pay off his debt. He also puts the entirety of his bonus towards paying off his debt. He construct the expression 36,700 -(5000+500m) to represent the size of his debt after m months. Which number describes the value of his signing bonus?

The signing bonus is represented by the term 5000 in the expression 36,700 - (5000 + 500m). So, the value of Michael's signing bonus is $5000.