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Square One TV/Episode 421

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Episode 421
Season 4, Episode 21
Airdate October 28, 1991
Production Number 176
Written by
Directed by
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Episode 422
Square One TVSeason Four
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Episode 421 is the twenty-first episode of the fourth season of Square One TV, and the one-hundred seventy-sixth episode overall.

Starring:

Guest Starring: John Michael Higgins (I.M. Upward), Margaret Devine (Cynthia Gooch)

Co-Starring:

Contents

Segments

  • Music Video: "Count the Ways" (The Judds) (EKA #405)

The Judds sing about how one of Wynonna's admirers expresses his affection in mathematical ways, telling her how many times his heart beats for her each minute, each hour, etc.


  • Mathcourt: Adding Fractions

The prosecutor argues that the sum of two fractions must be a fraction, and claims that the sum of 1/4 + 1/4 + 1/2 is 3/10. The defendant uses coins to demonstrate that the correct sum is 1.


  • If It's Out There: Shopper (EKA #402)

Watermelons cost $1.00 each, so with 75 cents a customer gets 3/4 of a watermelon. The remaining 1/4 watermelon goes to a young girl who gives a quarter to the resourceful cashier.


  • But Who's Counting?: Tossed Salad vs. Libby Rated

Players arrange 4 randomly chosen numbers on their boards to form the smallest sum of 2 fractions. To play, they apply understanding of probability and fractions.


  • Careers PSA: Chef

The song says "In every occupation, wherever you may go, you gotta know math" while the pictures show a chef, helicopter pilot, vet, dancer, artist, coast guardsman, & a recording technician at work.


  • Mathnet: The Case of the Poconos Paradise - Part 1

After a significant increase in burglaries in the 19th precinct, Pat & George interview the victims, and find that they all spent the weekend in the same place. Mathnet's new computer system arrives.


Notes

Trivia

The Show

Allusions and References

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