“Questions number 6”
“A school consumes 4.25kg of meat every week,Estimate and calculate how much it will spend on meat in a month,if 1kg cost 149.50?”
“2 400 Act 2 541.50”Tiara answered
“Correct”
“Ma’am please tell Tiara to give us a chance to answer too”a girl said and the whole class laughed loudly
“What if this is a competition quiz is this how you guys will be calculating till another school answer it , you guys should work on your smartness”miss Angela caution them
“Question number 7”
“Forty eight boxes of size 2 m by 2.8 m by 0.6 m are placed in a cubical container of sides 4.7 m Estimate and calculate how many boxes will go inside?”
“30 boxes”Tiara answered
“Correct”
“Questions number 8
“Estimate and calculate how many plastic tiles of 23 cm by 18 cm will be required to cover a floor of 21 m by 33.4 m?”
“173 plastic tiles”Tiara answered
“Correct”
“If the student population in each class of a school is 216,179,211,202 and 235, find the total number of students in the school?”
“1 043 students”a boy answered
“Correct”
“Question number 9”
“A man had 175.00 left in his account,he withdrew 96.00 and later deposited 282.00 what is his new balance?”
“361.00”Temisan answered
“Correct”
“This is our last question”
“Bags of rice were off-loaded from five ships in Abuja,The ships contained 43 055 bags 63 124 bag,10 703 bags,27 465 bags 87 125 bags respectively,find the total number of bags of rice loaded”
“231 472 bags” Tiara answered
“Correct,a round of applause for Tiara”miss Angela said as the whole class stand up and clap her
“So guys who’s the winner”
“TIARAOLUWA” they chorused
“Congratulations Tiara”miss Angela said
“Thank you ma”Tiara replied
“You just won the amount of 500 thousand Naira,congratulations “Miss Angela said and Tiara jumped up happily
“There’s still gift for you from the principal so meet me after class to collect your gift”miss Angela said and walk out
“Oh my God, my girlfriend is the winner”Temisan shouted happily as she rush to hug her
“You’re so lucky babe”A girl said
“Thank you”Tiara replied
“You should be my math tutor”Temisan said and they laugh
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CLOSING HOUR
Principal office****
“I’m happy for you Tiara,your brilliance make you win the award,we didn’t really gift you because of the quiz but because you’re the most smartest student in this school”The principal said
“Thank you ma”Tiara replied
“So because of that,you’ve been given scholarships to study at LIFEFORTE COLLEGE so get ready to travel overseas”She said
“Oh my God,thank you ma”Tiara shouted
“Did you have any account to receive your money”She asked
“Yes ma”Tiara answered
“Write it here, you’ll receive alert before you get home”she said
“Less I forget,You’ll receive two school uniform tomorrow remind me okay”She added
“Thank you ma”Tiara bow and went out
“Girlfriend”Temisan shouted and rush to hug her immediately she came out of the principal office
“Now I can rent a better apartment for myself and that mr Temidayo”Tiara thought as she hug Temisan
“Let’s go home first, mom is preparing some delicious food for us”Temisan said
“I can’t wait”Tiara replied as they walk to the car
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AJAO’S DUBLEX
Tiara could be seen eating with temisan and her mom,they look happy as they laugh at Temisan’s joke
“You guys won’t believe me”Temisan rolled her eyes
“Of course we do,it’s just that I can’t believe you’ll eat 3 cups of rice at once”Mrs Ajao said and laugh
“You barely finish your food every time”she added
“I should start eating so I can get fat and chubby”Temisan laughed
“Are you enjoying your meal Tiara”Mrs Ajao asked
“Yes aunt,thank you for the meal”Tiara replied
“You’re welcome and congratulations on your scholarship once again”She said
“Thank you ma”Tiara replied
“We should wear matching sneakers to school tomorrow”Temisan smiled
“I love that”Tiara replied smiling too
TBC
