Let’s Enjoy Math with Barky the Dog

Children wish to share a cake, but are confused when Numbler cuts the cake into different shapes. Are the pieces equal in size? Barky uses the basics of fractions and geometry to prove that the pieces are indeed equal.

Numbler erases a part of a cake delivery memo, resulting in the delivery of four cakes instead of one. Barky solves the mystery by demonstrating the difference between ordinal numbers and cardinal numbers.

Numbler hides the measuring stick at a shoe shop so that a customer’s foot cannot be measured. Barky realizes that the measurement can be made by counting how many 1-centimeter items are needed, and the customer’s foot is measured successfully.

Numbler comes and distracts a boy trying to count his cows at a farm. Barky helps with the counting by grouping the cows into units of 10.

A toymaker is confused by Numbler and attaches the stems of his spinning tops incorrectly. Barky illustrates how to find the center of a circle by drawing diameters, and helps him properly complete the tops.

How many benches seating 4 are needed for 14 children? Numbler misguides the children into preparing 3 benches, but Barky steps in to illustrate how to understand divisions and remainders, concluding that 1 more bench is needed.

Children cleaning the classroom want to know whether a large desk can pass through the doorway. Numbler’s magic makes the desk immovable so that they cannot carry it, but Barky shows them how to compare lengths and widths by using a ribbon.