NARRATOR: Hello Snoot, I see you’re shopping.
What are you buying?
SNOOT: (ALIEN LANGUAGE)
NARRATOR: Oh, lovely.
Eyeballs and blobs...
What do you need those for?
SNOOT: (ALIEN LANGUAGE)
NARRATOR: Blob-eye cupcakes?
Sounds delicious...
How many eyeballs and blobs do you have?
SNOOT: (ALIEN LANGUAGE)
NARRATOR: I see, you’ve got 5 of each.
FIN: (ALIEN LANGUAGE)
NARRATOR: Good point, Fin.
How much is this all going to cost?
SNOOT: Er... Wi... Ooh...
NARRATOR: Let’s see, you’ve got 5 eyeballs and 5 blobs.
The eyeballs are 3 credits each and the blobs are 2 credits each.
Add those 2 prices together.
3 add 2 equals 5.
Now all you need to do is multiply by 5, because remember you’ve got 5 of each.
5 times 5 is 25.
SNOOT: Oh... Wi... Er... Ooh...
NARRATOR: Yes, it is a bit tricky...
FIN: (ALIEN LANGUAGE)
NARRATOR: OK Fin, how would you do it?
Oh I see, separate the eyeballs and blobs like that, then multiply them by what they cost.
5 eyeballs times 3 credits equals 15, and 5 blobs times 2 credits equals 10.
Then just add those two numbers together.
15 add 10 equals 25.
BOTH: Aha!
NARRATOR: Well done you two.
This is a great example how to do the same sum in 2 different ways.
3 add 2 times 5 is the same as 5 times 3 add 5 times 2.
It doesn’t matter which way round you do it, you get 25 every time.
Now then, who’s going to pay?
Oh... just enough for 2 blobs.
Blob pudding all round then!
