Bug Magnets

Mirabelle likes Ted's singing on the bridge. The others notice the Number Bugs like it too and are crowding round. Flo thinks attracting the bugs would make a great game. The Elephant and the Monkey give it a go and the Number Bugs crowd round their feet. When the passengers stop singing, however, and Bradley tries to count them to see who has attracted the most, they wander off. The crew decide that they have to estimate and Ms Monkey wins. In Round Two the passengers have to attract one bug towards them along a number line. When Fiz stops the game to read the score Baby Bunting comes charging in on a Number Bug buggy and sends all of the numbers apart from zero and ten flying. They can still score, though, by estimating and the Tiger wins.

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.