Egg Carton Maths

The hens had been busy. There were eggs everywhere!

"Let's put them in cartons," said Suzy. "Each carton holds ten eggs."

Little Thunder picked up a carton. He counted carefully. "One, two, three... ten! It's full."

Spike brought another carton. It had six eggs inside.

"Ten and six," said Suzy. "How many is that?"

Little Thunder counted on from ten. "Eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen! Sixteen eggs!"

Then Lima the cow came by. "May I have four eggs for a cake?"

Little Thunder took four eggs from the carton. "Sixteen take away four is... twelve!"

"Well done," said Spike.

Next, Suzy put the eggs into groups of two. "Two, four, six, eight, ten, twelve. That's six groups of two!"

"That's early times tables," said Spike.

Little Thunder clapped his hooves. "Maths is egg-cellent!"

Everyone groaned at his joke. Then they all laughed.

The hens clucked proudly. They were already laying more eggs.