Each episode: three choices, three challenges and several endings. The cart always opens again next Saturday. How much of the rent is left depends on the math.

1. 1 1. Ten Cups by Nineabout 15 min The recipe card makes two cups. The line wants ten, and the market opens at nine. Members
2. 2 2. Too Much Bananaabout 15 min Theo adds four scoops of banana where the card says two. Can they fix the taste without making a gallon? Members
3. 3 3. Half-Price Hourabout 15 min It is noon and the fruit is going soft. Is half price enough to sell it, and what is each cup worth now? Members
4. 4 4. The Crate Dealabout 15 min Mrs. Okafor offers 25% off a full crate of mangoes. Theo wants to say yes before anyone does the math. Members
5. 5 5. Lemonade Across the Aisleabout 15 min Marco copies their sign and drops his price. Match it, beat it, or change the recipe? Members
6. 6 6. The Big Blenderabout 15 min The town fair wants one giant blender of the house smoothie. Same taste, twelve times the size. Members

Characters

The Saturday market on Mill Square: fruit stalls, folding tables, a fountain nobody drinks from and one striped smoothie cart with a giant strawberry on the front. Mrs. Okafor rents them the cart and sells them the fruit. Across the aisle, Marco sells lemonade by the bucket.

• Ivy Lead · 11 Invents a new special before checking if there are cups.
• Theo Lead · 11 Counts every scoop, and names every spill after whoever was nearest.
• Mrs. Okafor Runs the fruit stall Rents them the cart. Never guesses how many crates are left.
• Marco Rival · 12 Sells lemonade by the bucket and copies every sign they put up.

What kids practice

Math · Ratios and percents, grades 4–5. Each skill comes up inside the story, where a choice depends on it.

• Ratios as recipesKeep the taste the same: 2 parts berries to 1 part yogurt.2 : 1 = 6 : 3Comes up in Episode 1: Ten Cups by Nine
• Scale up and downDouble, triple or halve a recipe with equal ratios.2 cups to 10 cups is × 5Comes up in Episode 1: Ten Cups by Nine
• Percents of an amountDiscounts and deals, worked out before saying yes.25% off $8 = $6Comes up in Episode 3: Half-Price Hour

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Details

• SettingThe Saturday market on Mill Square: fruit stalls, folding tables, a fountain nobody drinks from and one striped smoothie cart with a giant strawberry on the front.
• CharactersIvy, Theo, Mrs. Okafor from the fruit stall and Marco.
• SubjectMath · Ratios and percents. Ratios as recipes, scale up and down, and percents of an amount.
• Grades4–5. Ages 9 to 12.
• FormatA branching comic. Your kid makes the choices, and the math decides what happens. Three choices, three challenges and several endings per episode.
• LengthAbout 15 minutes per episode. Season 1 has 6 episodes.
• When it startsSeason 1 is coming soon. Members get each new episode the week it comes out.
• SafetyNo ads, no chat. Safety and privacy