Square One TV/Episode 113

Episode 113
Season 1, Episode 13
Airdate	February 11, 1987
Production Number	13
Written by
Directed by
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Episode 113 is the thirteenth episode of the first season of Square One TV, and the thirteenth episode overall.

Starring:

Guest Starring: Bob Broyles (Man at Dry Cleaners), André Gower (Eddie "Rimshot" Harris)

Co-Starring:

Segments

• Groaning Wall

The cast tells each other riddles -- all of which have a mathematical theme.

• Samurai Mathematician

A samurai warrior breaks similar sized boards into different numbers of equal-sized pieces to prove that the more fractional pieces you divide an object into, the smaller those pieces will be.

• Diet Lite Wet

As the characters attempt to shoot a commercial for Diet Lite Wet, they note the equivalence of fraction, decimal, and percent.

• Mathman: Equivalent Fractions (1/3)

Mathman plays a video game in which he must eat only fractions equivalent to 1/3.

• Music Video: Action at the Fraction Bar

The music video takes place at the futuristic Fraction Bar and uses vocabulary words associated with fractions. It also mentions the relation between fractions, decimals, and percents.

• Fractional Baseball Lead-In

• Good Sports: Fractional Baseball

Good Sports visits a Fractional Baseball game which is played much like regular baseball - except that a player receives 1/4 each time he gets on base. One adds the fractions to compute the score.

• Stop Complaining bumper

• Oops: Division 6 into 4212

A confused scientist fails to acknowledge place value and makes a long division mistake that causes a stock-footage disaster.

• Mathnet: The Problem of the Passing Parade - Part 3

As they gather clues to the kidnapping case, the Mathnetters attempt to decode a message, use a car registration database, and measure the width and tread of a car tire.

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