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Square One TV/Episode 303

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Episode 303
Season 3, Episode 3
Airdate January 17, 1990
Production Number 118
Written by
Directed by
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Episode 303 is the third episode of the third season of Square One TV, and the one-hundred eighteenth episode overall.

Starring:

Guest Starring: F. William Parker (Mayor Quail), Savion Glover (Himself), Debbie Allen (Himself), Anita Morales (Rosa Morales)

Co-Starring:

Contents

Segments

  • Close Call: Lyle vs. Jessica vs. Thomas

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.


  • Washington: More Than Arithmatic

"There is much more to math than arithmetic."


  • Exclusive Music Video: "Tappin' the Rhythm" (Savion Glover)

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.


  • Beazley & the Numbers: 1-9 Primes

Beazley is shown the list of whole numbers from 1 to 9. He checks the factors of each to determine which are prime numbers.


  • Savion: Use Math and You'll Be Cool

"Math is a wonderful tool ... so use it and you'll be cool."


  • Me and My Shadow (EKA #110) (cut from the Noggin version)

Debbie Allen discusses dimensionality by comparing her own 3-dimensionality with the 2-dimensionality of her shadow.


  • Elvis: Like a Hammer

"Just like a hammer, math is a tool. But the good thing about math is, when you miss, your thumb doesn't hurt."


  • Mathnet: The Case of the Ersatz Earthquake - Part 3

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.


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