Simple Function Matrix exercise; How do I do matrix arithmetic with non matrix numbers?

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Solve for $f(A)$ when:

$f(x) = 2 - 5x + x^2$

$$A = \begin{bmatrix}2 & 0\\4 & 5\end{bmatrix}$$ I can get \begin{bmatrix}-10 & 0\\-20 & -25\end{bmatrix} for $-5A$ and \begin{bmatrix}4 & 0\\28 & 25\end{bmatrix} for $A^2$ but after that I don't know what to do with \begin{bmatrix}-6 & 0\\8 & 0\end{bmatrix} because I also have to add $2$ to it? Do I just add $2$ to each entry? The answer is written in the book as \begin{bmatrix}-4 & 0\\8 & 2\end{bmatrix}

Did I make a mistake somewhere?

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Hint:

it is $f(A)=A^2-5A+2I_2$