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Sketches in (hopefully) order: |
| 15950 |
313-01 | SHOW OPEN |
0:46 |
BUMPER |
| -0- |
| 30500 |
313-02 | PERSON ON THE STREET: ONE PIZZA A DAY |
1:14 |
LIVE ACTION FILM |
| People on the street are asked: If you eat one pizza a day, how long will it take to eat one thousand pizzas? One million pizzas? One billion? |
| 30430 |
313-03 | BIG NUMBERS - BILLION |
0:30 |
ANIMATION |
| This segment compares one billion to one million, and tells the viewer that one billion seconds is almost 32 years. |
| 30510 |
313-04 | MICHIGAN STADIUM: P'PONG BALLS (24 BILL) |
1:36 |
LIVE ACTION FILM |
| The following question is posed to the viewer: How many ping-pong balls would it take to fill the Michigan Stadium to the top? |
| 15030 |
313-05 | EB: NUMBER PATTERN #1 |
0:27 |
ANIMATION |
| This short animation illustrates a number pattern beginning with 9 X 1 + 2 = 11 and continuing through 9 X 123456789 + 10 = 1111111111. |
| 30550 |
313-06 | BUT WHO'S COUNTING?: SMALLEST - CAST OUT |
4:51 |
GAME SHOW |
| Players arrange five randomly chosen digits to form the smallest possible five-digit number, with a wild spin. To play, they must apply some knowledge of place value and probability. |
| 13480 |
313-07 Has X | IN SEARCH OF THE GIANT SQUID |
3:51 |
STUDIO |
| The navigator of a submarine fails to consider the concept of scale -- and mistakenly thinks that they are only centimeters away from a giant iceberg. |
| 30023 |
313-08 | MATHNET-PARKING METER MASSACRE-3 |
14:27 |
MATHNET |
| Mathnetters find the thief is Peter Pickwick who makes an extra copy of the meter collection schedule. A reporter prints George's story that one of his coins is valuable, and another meter is smashed. |
| 31240 |
313-09 | LONG CLOSE |
0:44 |
BUMPER |
| -0- |
| Sketch Count: | 9 |
| Episode Length(may exclude credits): |
28:26 |