How it works
A swap is when each friend gives something and gets something back.
A swap is fair when both friends are happy.
A big loaf needs more than one small apple.
Worked examples
Apples for bread
- Pip hands over some apples.
- Mo hands back a loaf.
- Both friends are happy.
Is one apple enough?
- A loaf is big, and an apple is small.
- One apple is too little for a loaf.
- Three apples made the scale level, and that was fair.
Your own swap
- Pick two small things, like a sticker for a sticker.
- Each friend gives one and gets one.
- Then ask, are we both happy?
A taste of the worksheets
These are some of the questions on the sets. The printable sheets have more and an answer key.
- True or false? Are both friends happy in a fair swap?
- How many apples made a fair swap for one loaf? š One apple / š Two apples / š Three apples
- True or false? Did Mo ask for a little more after two apples?
- True or false? Is taking a loaf without asking a swap?
- Which one is a swap? š„ apples for bread / š giving a gift / š¤ taking a loaf without asking