(Music plays)

An animated clip shows a big orange X on a blue background. It explodes and letters and numbers come out of it in all directions and float around.

Mathemagician Eric appears on screen. He’s in his mid-twenties. He has short dark brown hair and a beard. He wears a red T-shirt with the show’s logo, blue jeans and red Tennis shoes.

The screen turns red and the logo of the show appears next. It reads "MathXplosion." Meanwhile, cones, cubes and dices float around it.

Kids voices sing a song with lyrics that go
WHAT A HIT
IT'S NOT A TRICK
IT'S MATHXPLOSION
JUST FOR YOU
COOL AND NEW
MATHXPLOSION!

The episode starts with Eric standing in a workroom, by a table full of colourful objects and a container with eggs. He’s surrounded by balloons and the blackboard in the back has the drawing of a birthday cake and some presents.

Eric is making a cake.

Eric says DID YOU KNOW THAT IF YOU
ADD 23 PEOPLE IN A ROOM,
LIKE YOUR CLASSROOM,
FOR EXAMPLE,
TWO PEOPLE ARE VERY LIKELY
TO HAVE THE SAME BIRTHDAY?
IT'S TRUE.
IT'S ALL ABOUT SOMETHING
CALLED PROBABILITY.
WITH PROBABILITY, WE CAN
MEASURE HOW LIKELY IT IS
THAT SOMETHING
WILL OCCUR.
AND BIRTHDAYS ARE A GREAT
AND DELICIOUS PLACE
TO START.

(music plays)

He covers the container where he was just adding the ingredients and, magically, when opening it back, the cake is ready.

He says AHH, HA HA!
DELICIOUS.
NOW, LET ME
PROVE MY THEORY.
WHERE DO I FIND
22 OTHER PEOPLE?
HMM.
OH, I KNOW.
THE VIDEO CALL MY WHOLE
ENTIRE FAMILY MAKES TO ME
EVERY...
SINGLE... DAY.
HERE WE GO.
HEY, GUYS!

The blackboard turns into a dynamic screen. In it, people from all kinds of professions appear speaking at the same time.

Eric says HI!
SO GOOD TO
SEE YOU.
YOU GUYS
LOOK GREAT!
PERFECT,
WE'RE READY.
APPRENTICES, TO DO
THIS, YOU FIRST NEED
TO SET UP A TALLY.
I'VE CREATED MINE
BY WRITING DOWN
EVERYONE'S BIRTHDAYS.

(music plays)

The screen shows a large black surface with a calendar in it and names written in different colours.

Eric says PERFECT.
I THINK EVERYONE
IS THERE.
GREAT.
NEXT, COMPARE THE TALLY
TO SEE IF ANY DATES MATCH.

(music plays)

Eric notices something. Both of the people in the screen have the same date for their birthday. It’s Baby Erico and Aunt Erica.

He continues
UM...
OH!
AUNT ERICA AND BABY
ERICO, YOU GUYS HAVE
THE SAME BIRTHDAY.
MARCH 23RD.
DID YOU GUYS
KNOW THAT?
OF COURSE
YOU DID.
YOU'RE IN THE
SAME FAMILY.
REMEMBER, THE MORE PEOPLE
YOU HAVE IN YOUR GROUP,
THE GREATER THE PROBABILITY
THAT TWO PEOPLE
WILL SHARE THE
SAME BIRTHDAY.
MAKES SENSE.
WELL, THAT'S
IT, GUYS.
THANKS FOR
TUNING IN.
WE'LL SEE
YOU SOON.
BYE.
BYE, MOM.
BYE, GUYS.
THANKS FOR
HELPING OUT!

Everyone waves goodbye.

Eric says CHECK THIS OUT.

(music plays)

Eric draws a circle and colours it inside. He taps on it and a new clip plays. A cartoon of Eric appears on screen and he flips a coin.

Eric says A GREAT EXAMPLE OF
PROBABILITY IS A COIN TOSS.
BECAUSE THERE ARE ONLY
TWO SIDES OF THE COIN,
HEADS OR TAILS, IT
MEANS THERE ARE
ONLY TWO
POSSIBILITIES.
THERE IS A ONE IN
TWO PROBABILITY,
OR CHANCE, THAT THE
COIN WILL LAND ON HEADS.
AND A ONE IN
TWO PROBABILITY
THAT IT WILL
LAND ON TAILS.
HEADS: MY
TURN FIRST!

The coin ends up with Eric’s face.

He says YESSS!

Eric appears back in the workroom with a cake ready.

He says SO, THERE
YOU HAVE IT.
I'VE SHARED YET ANOTHER
AMAZING SECRET:
HOW TO FIGURE OUT HOW
LIKELY SOMETHING WILL BE
WITH THE SECRET
OF PROBABILITY.
JUST REMEMBER, THE
MORE PEOPLE YOU COUNT,
THE MORE LIKELY IT IS
THAT SOMEONE WILL SHARE
A BIRTHDAY.
TRY IT OUT WITH 22
OF YOUR OWN FRIENDS.
YOU'LL BE SURE
TO WOW THEM.
AND REMEMBER,
IT'S NOT MAGIC.
IT'S MATH.

A big explosion brings the show’s logo back on the screen.

(music plays)

The end credits roll.

Produced by GAPC Entertainment in association with TVOKids.

Copyright GAPC Entertainment (MathPlosion) Incorporated, 2016.