11/2/1988

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Sketches in (hopefully) order:
21210 233-01 DIRKLET: CLOSE CALL PROMO/ESTIMATION 1:01 ANIMATION
Dirk promotes the use of estimation and plugs the terrific game show of estimation, Close Call.
11950 233-02 GHOST OF A CHANCE 4:20 SONG
At a haunted house, a pizza delivery boy finds himself in several threating situations -- each of which has a different probabilty of escape.
20790 233-03 CLOSE CALL #6 5:45 GAME SHOW
Students compete against each other trying to get the closest estimate to: Colored Balloons, Bananas on a Table, Slices of Bread in the Sandwich, and % of Audience with Pom Poms.
20090 233-04 MATHMAN: INEQUALITY 20 > A+5 1:32 ANIMATION
Mathman plays a video game in which he must eat all numbers satisfying the inequality 20 > A + 5.
21590 233-05 POLYHEDRONS - 2 (HEXAHEDRON) (VERSION 2) 0:28 ANIMATION
This animation illustrates how an arrangement of squares folds up into a 3-dimensional hexahedron.
15960 233-06 No XPHONER: FIBONACCI SEQUENCE 2:08 STUDIO
Arthur has a one-sided telephone conversation where he writes down the Fibonacci Sequence -- a series of numbers beginning with 1 whose next term is generated by adding the two terms previous.
20032 233-07 MATHNET-CASE OF THE WILLING PARROT-3 12:13 MATHNET
The Mathnetters are called in to solve the mystery of the missing parrot. Using problem solving skills and the Fibonacci sequence they are able to find the missing bird.
Sketch Count:7
Episode Length(may exclude credits): 27:27

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