Double Trouble

Bradley writes out a neat list of treats for the passengers in two columns. The two smallest passengers come at the top and get one treat each and the two largest passengers come at the bottom of the columns and get ten treats each. Bradley and Flo leave the rough list in the galley, take some of the treats, and start handing them out. They remind the passengers not to eat their treats until after tea. Fiz finds the rough list and treats in the galley and doesn't realize Bradley and Flo have started to give them out, so she starts giving out treats to those in the first column as well. When she's finished there are no treats left and while the first column of passengers on the list have double rations, the others have none at all. Luckily the passengers haven't eaten their treats yet, so those who have had double rations give half their supply to their opposite number and the treats are shared out fairly in the end.

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.