Question

Matthew has 30 stamps in his collection. Matthew's father has 10 times as many stamps as Matthew. How many stamps does Matthews father have?

Answer 1

 Matthew's father has 300 stamps.

Answer 2

300 stamps.

Explanation:

Matthew has the number of stamps = 30

Let the number of stamps Mathew's father have = x

Then by the statement "Matthew's father has 10 times as many stamps as Matthew."

Expression for this statement will be

x = 10 × 30

x = 300

Therefore Matthew's father has 300 stamps.