I think they do this because they want people to go buy another packet in spiteof family members and consume them as a way to get back at the other person that had extras last time. Sneaky marketing tactics if you ask me and they seem to work... on me at least.
Arnotts put 11 Tim Tam biscuits per packet. This number of biscuits only works evenly in two ways: split between 11 people or selfishly fisted by 1 person. Of course I prefer the latter option. But if you add extra people from 2 through 10 you are never going to get an equal distribution.
Considering there are between 2 to 3 kids in an average Australian family (this figure has probably changed in the last decade) you are expected to split the packet between 4 or 5 people and somehow maintain the peace.
If there are 4 people, the kids could have 2 each (4) leaving 7 for the parents but this means 1 parent gets 4. If you're leaving any in the fridge you know you're going to be finding an empty packet with a few batteries in it pretending to be the leftovers the next day.
The problem is I can't see any number being equally divisible by all digits 2-9. The best candidates are:
12 - divisible by 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6
20 - divisible by 1, 2, 4, 5 and 10
I say Arnotts should increase the number of Tim Tams per packet to 12. Then in a family of 5 the kids get 2 each, the mum gets 3 and the dad 4. In a family of 4 each member would get 3 each and in a family of 3 each member would get 4. Children's servings could be regulated and/or taxxed by the parents as seen fit.
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