€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€ Chapter 4
€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€ During the 'math session' Nick & Brian sat
in class while Mr. Lante explained adding and
subtracting time.
"OK, so if it was
10:23 a.m. now and Angela had to leave the
house to babysit, in an hour and 45 minutes,
when does she have to leave?"
Nick
raised his hand, "Yes Nick?" Nick answered
"12:08 p.m."
"Very good, you wanna
come up here and show the class how you got
that answer?" "Sure" Nick said as he
walked to the black board and picked up a
piece of chalk. He wrote the equaton on the
board and explained.
"1 hour and 45 minutes is just like 1:45 (The
time) so you add that and get 11:68. there
are 60 minutes in an hour so you add 1 hour
to 11 and get 12 with 8 minutes left over,
12:08 p.m." Nick explained.
"Good"
Mr. Lante assured him "Very good". At this
point the others were learning the samething.
The rest of the day went by pretty fast. Then
finally 3:00 came, it was the end of their
first day.
"OK, lets call our mom and
tell her we're all going over there" Nicole
said.
"OK we'll wait here" AJ said
"HURRY UP!" he yelled to her, remembering
they had to catch a bus. 5 minutes later she
came runing back and they went on the bus and
into their seats. "OK here's the stop, lets
go" Jan proclaimed.