Biscuit maths

As much as I hate to admit it, I am one of those people who takes a look at the heavily discounted items in the supermarket. You know the shelves in the back corner that have the dented cans, returned items, yesterday's bread or discontinued stock. I have rarely bought anything, but the bargain hunter in me has to have a look, just in case. Well the other day, while I was there just checking, I came across some very interesting biscuits.

These biscuits were not broken into crumbs, or past their use by date so I put them in the trolley. Best of all these treats were chocolate flavoured, reduced to $2 and were in the shape of numbers.

Yeah I thought.
Isn't amazing how the simple things in life can make you so happy.

So one day after school I broke open the pack and got B and Little Miss munching their minds on these mathematical flavoured treats.

When I opened the pack I was overjoyed to see little plus, minus  and equal symbols as well as all the numbers including zero in the pack. I decided to set up some sums with the answer hidden under a cup. The kids would be allowed to eat the biscuits if they got the sums right.

For Little Miss I made the sums easy and offered her some numbers to recognise.

For B I made the sums appropriate to his age.

B worked hard for his treats.

And really enjoyed them, all at once.


I also had some fun with these biscuits, offering up age related treats to my Dad and husband. But it would seem that men can be difficult to amuse and a little bit age sensitive.