A trip to the supermarket is a perfect opportunity to do some maths together, no matter what the age of your children.

There is the opportunity to:

• compare prices and talk about “more than” and “less than”
• to add, subtract, divide, and multiply
• and talk about the shapes and sizes of items as well.

Comparison shopping and budgeting are ways to support the development of financial literacy, and reading labels is a way for children to use their knowledge of percentages and weights within the context of reading charts and tables.

Making good decisions based on understanding maths in a real-life context is what numeracy is about.