Happy half term!

Happy Wednesday! 

We hope you are enjoying half term and enjoyed making a variety of pancakes yesterday! 

But did you even realise that you were applying your maths skills when you were flipping your pancakes? Here are four ways in which you used your maths skills to make your pancakes delicious. 

1) Measuring out ingredients

Before you enjoyed your pancakes, you had to measure out the correct amount of flour, eggs, and milk to create the batter. See, I bet you didn't even realise you were using your maths skills! 

2) Time to cook 

So you've put your pancake in the frying pan, did you consider how long you needed to cook your pancake before it get burnt? Did you time how long you had cooked each side of the pancake before you flipped it? Here you were using your maths skills again to time how long each side of the pancake needed to cook. 

3) Flip! 

Speaking of flipping, did you know that to flip a pancake you need to ensure the pancake flips 180 degrees whilst in the air! If you had flipped the pancake 360 degrees you would end up cooking the same side twice and with a burnt pancake. 

4) Sharing 

I bet everyone wanted to have some of those tasty pancakes when they were cooked to perfection, so it was time to count out evenly how many pancakes each person had to eat. Whilst plating up, you were using your division skills, dividing up the pancakes you made by the number of people that wanted them. 

So there you have it, our four ways that show how maths is applied in the process of making pancakes! 

If you are looking for ways to entertain the kids this half term, why don't you request our FREE Learning Activity Pack, that is filled with various activities ranging in difficulty that you can request and print off today? To request the pack, simply fill in the contact form on the left hand side of the blog, and receive your pack today! 

We hope you have a fantastic half term! 
Don't forget to head back to this blog next Wednesday for a brand new blog post.