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Sketches in (hopefully) order:
15950 303-01 SHOW OPEN 0:46 BUMPER
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30370 303-02 CLOSE CALL #4 (SEASON 3) 7:50 GAME SHOW
Students compete against each other trying to get the closest estimate to: Bottlecaps on a Birdhouse, Hieroglyphics on a Pyramid Wall, and Length of Cardboard Strip dropped from Castle.
31124 303-03 INSERT: WASHINGTON-MORE THAN ARITH 0:14 BUMPER
"There is much more to math than arithmetic."
31100 303-04 TAPPIN' THE RHYTHM 3:20 SONG
This is a song about the relationship between 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, and 1/16 notes in music. A tapdancer taps out the beat for each of these fractions.
30490 303-05 BEAZLEY & THE NUMBERS: 1 - 9 PRIMES 1:36 ANIMATION
Beazley is shown the list of whole numbers from 1 to 9. He checks the factors of each to determine which are prime numbers.
31220 303-06 INSERT: SAVION-USE MATH/ YOU'LL BE COOL 0:15 BUMPER
"Math is a wonderful tool ... so use it and you'll be cool."
13660 303-07 No XME AND MY SHADOW 2:36 STUDIO
Debbie Allen discusses dimensionality by comparing her own 3-dimensionality with the 2-dimensionality of her shadow.
31191 303-08 INSERT: ELVIS-LIKE A HAMMER 0:10 BUMPER
"Just like a hammer, math is a tool. But the good thing about math is, when you miss, your thumb doesn't hurt."
30003 303-09 MATHNET-CASE OF ERSATZ EARTHQUAKE-3 10:50 MATHNET
The Mathnetters assist the Mayor in a 2x2 analysis of his options. They find, with help from a seismograph and scientist, that neither a quake nor an explosion took place during the press conference.
31240 303-10 LONG CLOSE 0:44 BUMPER
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Sketch Count:10
Episode Length(may exclude credits): 28:21

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