This resource explores some of the mathematics behind the packaging decisions made by manufacturers.Through these activities students are asked to make and argue for conjectures and to find efficient ways of recording results in order to justify claims they are making. In Boxing stock cubes, students develop their knowledge of factors and prime numbers and Folding cubes develops their understanding of how 2 dimensional nets relate to 3 dimensional shapes. They are asked to estimate capacities an

Current healthy eating guidelines advise eating at least 5 fruit or vegetable portions a day. In this topic students work out what a portion size looks like, find out whether they are eating enough fruit and vegetables and compare the costs of making and buying smoothies. In How much is in a portion? students estimate weight, work with measures and calculate percentage errors. Five-a-day explores the use of summary measures to describe and compare data. There are opportunities for students to co

How many of us are aware of the calories, sugar, salt and fat contain in the food we eat? How many of us use the information provided on food labels as best we can? In this resource, students critically compare nutritional measures and calculate their daily energy requirements. In the activities students calculate proportions and percentages, work with measures, use formulae, organise and process information and work with data handling representations.

This resource explores flat designs which can be folded and used to package food and drink. All these activities provide rich experience of visualising 3 dimensional shapes from 2 dimensional representations. In Four chocolates and It takes the biscuit!, students need to measure accurately and construct accurate diagrams. Four chocolates will draw on and develop their understanding of relationships between linear dimensions and volume.