November is national pomegranate month...pomegranates are so cheap in the stores right now so make the most of them! We did some math experiments with them this morning.
Firstly A and S guessed how many arils were inside the first pomegranate...then we cut it open and washed off the arils in a bowl of water and counted them.
Then we guessed whether there would be more, less or the same amount of arils in the next pomegranate.
We did the same with the second and then worked out who was right :)
1st pomegranate guesses:
A - 1000
S - a lot!
J - 211
Actual amount of arils in the first pomegranate - 326
2nd pomegranate guesses:
A - more
S - a lot!
J - less
Actual amount of arils in the second pomegranate - 584!!! More than 200 more than the first pomegranate. I feel I was coned out of lots of arils with the first!!!
The second pomegranate arils were darker and sweeter so we guess that it was riper than the first!
After all that counting came the best part - the eating!!!!!! Mmmmmmmmm
