Clear Up!

Mirabelle tells the kids they have to tidy up. The passengers help in their own way. Ted leaves them some boxes, which contain five things. Flo and Fiz clear up the bricks, Fiz has seven bricks so she fills the five box and puts two on top, Flo has six bricks so she fills up her five box and leaves one on top. Bradley reminds them they have to count how many they have all together but looking at the boxes he can see six and seven make thirteen straight away because five and five make ten then all you have to do is add the ones on top. In case this was just a lucky guess they see if they can all do eight plus six as they put away the Easter Eggs in the fives boxes. They all get the answer at the same time.

The sixty Number Crew programmes bring maths to life for 5 to 7 year olds, providing an entertaining and imaginative world for children to enjoy and explore maths. The action takes place aboard an unusual cruise ship, the SS Mathematical, where the human crew do their best to look after a collection of animal passengers.

In each programme the crew encounter a mathematical problem. Viewers are encouraged to join the Number Crew in learning the mental strategies and skills they need to solve the problem. A rich mixture of 3-D and 2-D animation, story, song, spectacular studio sequences and real life images combine to make a very successful and popular series.