Square One TV/Episode 147

Episode 147
Season 1, Episode 47
Airdate	March 31, 1987
Production Number	47
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Directed by
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Episode 147 is the forty-seventh episode of the first season of Square One TV, and the forty-seventh episode overall.

Starring:

Guest Starring: André Gower (Eddie "Rimshot" Harris)

Co-Starring:

Segments

• Mathematics R Us: Rounding

Smilin' Al offers his customers a deal on rounding numbers to the nearest 10th. Satisfied customers also give testimonials as to the wonderful job Math R Us has done on rounding numbers for them.

• Stick Squares - Part 1

Alison Smith uses toothpicks to make a square that is divided into 9 smaller squares and asks the audience how many squares there are in all.

• Exclusive Music Video: "Round It Off" (The House Band) (EKA #119)

The cast sings a country and western tune that deals with the importance of rounding numbers.

• Artist's License

When an artist wants to make a Big Statement, he sees that doubling the dimensions of his rectangular canvas, quadruples the the area.

• Area (6x8)

This animation illustrates the area of a rectangle whose dimensions are 6 and 8.

• "5-19 Blues"

This song shows that you can round off a lot of numbers but not the time the train leaves.

• Don't Despair

• But Who's Counting?

Contestants arrange 5 randomly chosen digits into 2-digit and 3-digit numbers in an attempt to form the largest possible product. To play, they must apply some knowledge of place value and probability

• Mathnet: The Problem of the Missing Parade - Part 2 (EKA #112)

In their attempt to find a kidnapped rock star, the Mathnetters tip a bottle with liquid in it to recreate a mountain's angle of incline. They also use musical beats to keep track of time.

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