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Final Challenge: Lagos Market Master

Complete the ultimate market challenge using all your numeracy skills.

15 min

🎯 What You'll Learn

You will put ALL your numeracy skills to the test in the ultimate Lagos Market Master challenge! Can you solve every problem?

🏪 Market Story

Welcome to the Lagos Market Master Challenge! You are at Balogun Market with ₦2,000. You need to buy food for your family of 6, pay for transport, and save some money. Here are the market prices:

  • Rice (bag): ₦350
  • Beans (cup): ₦60
  • Garri (cup): ₦40
  • Tomatoes (basket): ₦150
  • Fish: ₦200
  • Oil (bottle): ₦180
  • Pure water (sachet): ₦20
  • Bus fare home: ₦50 per person

📝 Let's Learn — The Final Challenge

Challenge 1: Shopping

Buy: 1 bag of rice, 3 cups of beans, 1 basket of tomatoes, 1 fish, and 1 bottle of oil.

Rice: ₦350. Beans: 3 × ₦60 = ₦180. Tomatoes: ₦150. Fish: ₦200. Oil: ₦180.

Total food: ₦350 + ₦180 + ₦150 + ₦200 + ₦180 = ₦1,060.

Challenge 2: Transport

Bus fare for 3 family members (the others walked): 3 × ₦50 = ₦150.

Challenge 3: Total Spending and Savings

Total spent: ₦1,060 + ₦150 = ₦1,210.

Money left: ₦2,000 − ₦1,210 = ₦790.

Challenge 4: Sharing

You buy 6 sachets of pure water (one per family member): 6 × ₦20 = ₦120.

Updated total: ₦1,210 + ₦120 = ₦1,330.

Final savings: ₦2,000 − ₦1,330 = ₦670.

Challenge 5: Per-person cost

Total spent (₦1,330) divided among 6 family members: ₦1,330 ÷ 6 = 221 r 4, or about ₦222 per person.

✏️ Practice Questions

  1. If you skip the fish (₦200) and buy 2 cups of garri instead (₦40 each), how much do you save?
  2. If the whole family of 6 takes the bus (₦50 each), what is the total transport cost?
  3. With the original ₦670 savings, how many weeks of ₦50 bus fare (one person, one way) can you pay for?
Click to see answers
  1. Fish: ₦200. Garri: 2 × ₦40 = ₦80. Savings: ₦200 − ₦80 = ₦120 saved.
  2. 6 × ₦50 = ₦300.
  3. ₦670 ÷ ₦50 = 13 r 20. You can pay for 13 rides with ₦20 left over.

💡 Remember

You are now a Lagos Market Master! You can count, add, subtract, multiply, divide, make change, compare prices, plan budgets, and solve real problems. These skills will help you every single day of your life. Keep practising and you will keep getting better. Well done — you should be very proud of yourself!

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