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Square One TV/Episode 141
Episode 141 | |
Season 1, Episode 41 | |
Airdate | March 23, 1987 |
Production Number | 41 |
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Directed by | |
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Square One TV — Season One |
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Episode 141 is the forty-first episode of the first season of Square One TV, and the forty-first episode overall.
Starring:
Guest Starring: Tyra Ferrell (Ginnie Carlson), Jesse Howard (Howie), Billie Hayes (Mrs. MacGregor), Jonetta Thomas (Nell), Rocky Kraloff (Rocky), Nicholas Shaffer (Store Owner), Nancy Liberman-Cline (Herself)
Co-Starring:
Contents |
Segments
- Newsroom Interruption: Moderately Frightening Stories
- Moderately Frightening Stories
To distract a computer, Igor and the mad scientist give it a never-ending program: start with 1; multiply by 1/2; stop if the answer is 0; otherwise, go back to step 2.
- Mathman: Multiples of 5
Mathman plays a video game in which he must eat only numbers that are multiples of 5.
- Battle of the Bulge Caterers: Trays
Having a limited number of trays, the Battle of the Bulge Caterers must rearrange sandwiches so that the greatest possible number fit on a tray.
- How Much Left
- Forestry: Data Collecting
Sybil Sawyer, Hollywood Reporter, gets stranded in a forest but still finds a story as she interviews a ranger who installs pressure plates to record the number of people who travel on a trail.
- Angle Dance Disclaimer (EKA #106)
"The following song contains graphic descriptions of obtuse and acute angles. Viewers who might be offended by this subject matter should not view this program."
- Exclusive Music Video: "Angle Dance" (EKA #106)
The rock group Plane Geometry sings a song about angles and uses body movement to illustrate angles, as well.
- Playing the Angle (EKA #106)
Nancy Lieberman, the first woman to play professional basketball, talks about and demonstrates the mathematics involved in basketball. She cites angles and parabolas, in particular.
- Pong Game (EKA #106)
This animation illustrates billiard geometry and shows a ball rebounding from wall to wall before finally exiting the one opening.
- Mathnet: The Problem of the Missing Baseball - Part 1 (EKA #106)
The Mathnetters investigate a missing baseball by determining the angle at which it would have rebounded off a billboard.
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