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This week’s supermarket maths goes knitting. Here are a few questions that you might use. Check out the two offers on wool below and find out which one is the best value in terms of “yardage.” Estimate how much it would cost to knit your own pair of socks. What combinations of boxes could you … Read more

This week’s supermarket maths is all about steaks and simply asks which package of steak offers the best value per kilogram. As a little bonus, we have a second question underneath based on time. You have five different ways of cooking steaks below. How many combinations of steaks could you cook in an hour?  

Lidl provides us with this week’s Supermarket Maths Problem. We have a load of pots and casserole dishes at various different prices and various different volumes. With that in mind, which pot offers the best value for money per litre? You might also spot the tea towels at the bottom left, which begs the question of … Read more

This week’s supermarket supplement maths problem comes from Lidl’s leaflets. We’re going to focus on making healthy school lunches. Here is a screenshot from their leaflets and you can see them on their website or I’m sure you can drop into your local Lidl and grab a few. Your challenges this week are: Make the healthiest lunch … Read more

Back to school so Supermarket Supplement maths is back. This week it’s the Aldi supplement and we’re looking at eggs and we promise not to share any terrible egg jokes. (See, we didn’t even say yolks)  Your job is to make breakfast for your family. How many eggs will you need and how will you … Read more