Math Master

[At school…]

"Anyone seen Bright Eyes?" asked Patch.

"Nope, haven't seen her at all, Patch," said Melody. I wonder where she could've gone.

"I have a note from her mom, saying that she'll be out today to take part in a special competition," said Hackney. I'm sure she'd be grateful if one of you would give her her homework for when she gets back. I'm told it's only for today but we'll have to wait and see. Still, we must continue with our lecture. Today's lecture is on long division. With long division, you divide the outer number by the inner number so in this example, you divide 5 into 10 since you cannot divide 5 into 1 and you put 2 above the 10 in 100. Since you cannot divide 5 by 0, you put a 0 next to the 2 so the answer here is 20. These problems can get much more complicated but I'm keeping it simple here so you all can understand it. Any questions before I dismiss you? *the clock chimes 3PM and the class rushes out the door*

"I wonder how Bright Eyes is doing in her competition," said Bon Bon. [At the competition…

"We're down to 5 contestants," said the announcer, Brad. Contestant Bright Eyes is in the lead with 600 points with the others not too far behind. We come to our next question. Solve the problem 15 divided by 3.

"5," said Bright Eyes.

"Correct," said Brad. 10 more points for Bright Eyes. Next question. What is 29 + 5 - 2?

"30?"asked Lancer

"Sorry, that is incorrect," said Brad.

"32!" said Bright Eyes.

"Correct!" said Brad. Now for the final question. Solve this equation: 25 divided by 5.

"5," said Bright Eyes.

That's right and Bright Eyes! We're out of time for this contest and Bright Eyes, you are our winner, congratulations! *the crowd cheers*

"Thank you very much," said Bright Eyes.

"As 1st place winner, you receive this enormous gold trophy," said Brad. *he hands it to her*

"Oh wow," said Bright Eyes. Sure is heavy though. I don't know how I'll be able to carry it home.

"We'll help," said Ace and Lancer.

"You guys were in this too?" asked Bright Eyes.

"Yeah, we wanted to see what we did and didn't know," said Lancer. Guess we didn't know as much as you.

"You guys did pretty well too," said Bright Eyes.

"Thanks," said Ace. Let us help you get that home. *they left the trophy and help Bright Eyes carry it* [Later that day, at Bright Eyes' house…*doorbell rings and she opens the door*]

"Hi Bright Eyes," said Melody. We wanted to know how you did in the compet….whoa! That's a large trophy, Bright Eyes.

"It's truly the largest trophy I've ever seen," said Sweetheart.

"Ditto," said Bon Bon and Clover.

"It's amazing, Bright Eyes," said Starlight.

"Thanks, everyone," said Bright Eyes. It was so heavy that Lancer and Ace had to help me carry it here. I won first place. So did I miss anything at school today?

"We went through long division and Ms Hackney sent home a note that explains it so you could follow the lesson and do the homework," said Bon Bon. Great that you won first prize.

"Cool, thanks," said Bright Eyes. It's great to be back home.

"It's great to have you back, Bright Eyes," said Melody.

"Well another day tomorrow," said Bright Eyes.

"Yeah, we'll see you later, Bright Eyes," said Sweetheart.

"See ya," said Bright Eyes. *she closes the door and the rest of the gang leave*

"It's great to hear that even though Bright Eyes missed school she still did well at the competition she was taking part in," said Bon Bon.

"Just goes to show how smart Bright Eyes really is," said Melody.

"I wonder where she'll put her large trophy," said Starlight.

"It's really big so I'm not so sure she really has much of a choice where to put it," said Clover.

"I'm sure the next time we visit her house, we'll know," said Melody. Bright Eyes wasn't even bragging about how she's smarter than the rest of us and that makes her a better friend than ever before.