Question

A woman has two boxes of matches .she used five matches and has 75 matches left.howmany matches are in each box?

Answer 1

2=5+75
2=8divide both sides by 2
2/2=80/2
=40
Therefore ,1 box contains 40 matches

Answer 2

Even though you miraculously came up with the right answer,
the statements leading up to that conclusion are all gibberish.

2 is not equal to 5+75 !
2/2 is not equal to 80/2

(If I were still teaching and this would be a 4 mark question, I would give
you 1 out of 4)

sample solution:
number of matches = the 5 spent + the 75 remaining
= 80 matches.

2 boxes contain 80 matches, therefore
1 box contains 80/2 or 40 matches.

Answer 3

Maybe, perhaps, Amina means
2 boxes = 5+75
2 boxes = 80
divide both sides by 2
2/2 = 1 box = 80/2
= 40
Therefore ,1 box contains 40 matches