Please help me!! I suck at geometry. I don’t understand any of it at all

Abiologist is recording the loss of fish in a pond. he notes the number of fish, f, in the pond on june 1. on july 1 there were 63 fish in the pond, which is 52 fewer fish than were in the pond on june 1. which equation represents this situation? a. f – 52 = 63 b. f – 63 = 52 c. 63 – f = 52 d. f – 63 = –52

Brent wants to know what is 5 x 1/2

(c) the diagram shows the first three shapes of a matchsticks arrangement. first shape = 3second shape = 5third shape = 7given m represents the number of matchstick used to arrange the n'th shape.(i) write a formula to represent the relation between m and n. express m as the subjectof the formula.(ii) 19 matchsticks are used to make the p'th shape. find the value of p.