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A teacher asked the class to subtract 5 from 75.70% of the class said: 25. Their work was shown as: \(\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} 7&5 \end{array}}\\ {\underline {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}\ { - 5} \ \ \ &{} \end{array}} }\\ {\underline {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} 2&5 \end{array}} } \end{array}\) Which of the following describes the most appropriate remedial action that the teacher should take to clarify this misconception?
To an addition problem, \(\begin{equation} \frac{ \begin{array}[b]{r} 56 \\ +38 \end{array} }{ } \end{equation}\)  a class 2 student responded as \(\begin{equation} \frac{ \begin{array}[b]{r} 56\\ +38 \end{array} }{ 84 } \end{equation}\)As a reflective mathematics teacher, what will be your reaction to the child's answer? 
A person lives in a far off village which is almost two hours by bus. The villager's neighbour is a very powerful landlord who is trying to occupy the poor villager's land by force. You are the District Magistrate and busy in a meeting called by a local Minister. The villager has come all the way, by bus and on foot, to see you and give an application seeking protection from the powerful landlord. The villager keeps on waiting outside the meeting hall for an hour. You come out of the meeting and are rushing to another meeting. The villager follows you do submit his application. What would you do?