Pirates were measured by their treasure and their brave deeds

Pirates craved treasure chests filled with Gold doubloon. The pirates were famous for hiding their treasures. They were often on a quest, with map in hand looking for buried treasure.

The secret of being a good pirate was not only finding the booty..The real trick, was knowing how work out your share was and keeping it.

The greatest secret the was PiratesMath

A pirates ship ran on Maths.

Imaging you were the Quartermaster on a pirate ship, I sure you be concerned with the

• Ships inventory, fitting all the treasures on board
• Do you have enough powder for cannons & guns
• analyzing which ships to raid.
• and the important task of dividing up the loot.

The Ships Carpenter

• Needed to work how much timer and caulking to bring aboard to keep the ship a float.

The Cook

• Estimating how much food & stores to bring aboard, Image running out of food

The Captain

• Needs to be able to navigate and read the map
• Measure the wind and their speed
• and measure how deep is safe harbour,

They all require math skills to do their jobs.

The pirates did not have the luxury of whipping out a calculator, when guns were firing and cutlass flying. They were often in pressure situations when they needed to be able perform maths in a hurried so they developed PiratesMaths.

I know you want to know how it works, but I needed to set the scene. I going to reveal the Secret in the next installment.