Apple pip counting and printing

What you need

• Two apples
• A blunt knife and an adult
• Paint on a saucer
• Paper

How to do it

1. 1

   Cut one apple the tall way and one across the middle and compare the insides.

2. 2

   Count the pips in each half and guess whether every apple has the same number.

3. 3

   Press the cut side into paint and stamp it firmly onto paper.

4. 4

   Print a row for each apple you tried and label them.

5. 5

   Cut open a third apple to test your guess about the pips.

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