(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, playing with a black cap, making it spin on the tip of his finger. On the table he has different clock types.

Eric says HA!
DID YOU KNOW THAT YOU CAN
ESTIMATE HOW MUCH TIME
YOU'LL HAVE SPENT SLEEPING
BY THE TIME YOU ARE 18
YEARS OLD, OR EVEN 100?
IT WOULD BE HARD TO KEEP
TRACK OF THE ACTUAL NUMBER
OF HOURS EVERY NIGHT OF
EVERY YEAR, BUT LUCKILY,
WE DON'T NEED EVERY DETAIL
TO DO AN ESTIMATE.
WATCH AS I REVEAL THE
AMAZING POWERS OF ESTIMATION.

(music plays)

Eric says ESTIMATING IS A CLEVER WAY
TO FIND A NUMBER OR AMOUNT
WHEN YOU HAVE SOME BUT NOT ALL
OF THE INFORMATION YOU NEED.
YOU HAVE TO DO THE
CALCULATIONS, THOUGH,
OR ELSE YOU'RE JUST GUESSING,
WHICH IS NOT THE SAME
AS ESTIMATING.
OKAY, HERE'S HOW TO ESTIMATE
THE NUMBER OF HOURS
YOU COULD SPEND
SLEEPING BY AGE 18.
MANY PEOPLE SLEEP ABOUT
8 HOURS EACH NIGHT.

The blackboard in the back turns into a screen. Eric presses a button and a caption appears. It reads "8 hours." Next, it changes to "8 hours times 365 days equals 2920 hours."

Eric continues
MOST YEARS HAVE 365 DAYS.
SO MULTIPLY THOSE NUMBERS
AND YOU GET 2920 HOURS OF
SLEEPING TIME EACH YEAR.

A small clip plays on the corner of the screen. It shows Eric sleeping.

Eric says OH, THAT'S WHAT I LOOK
LIKE WHEN I'M SLEEPING.
THERE YOU GO, BUDDY.

He throws a bunny bear and Sleeping Eric grabs it and continues to sleep.

Eric says YOU ENJOY THAT.
YEAH.
HA, HA.
AND THAT'S JUST
FOR ONE YEAR.

The caption changes to "1 year." Next, it changes to "2920 hours times 18 years equals 52,560 hours."

Eric continues
TO CALCULATE HOW MUCH
SNOOZING YOU'VE DONE BY THE
TIME YOU'RE 18 YEARS OLD,
MULTIPLY THAT NUMBER BY 18.
YOU GET 52,560
HOURS OF SLEEP.
HA!

The caption changes to "2,920 hours each year."

Eric continues
SO BY OUR ESTIMATION, YOU
SPEND ABOUT 2,920 HOURS OF
SLEEP EACH AND EVERY YEAR.
HA!

Sleeping Eric wakes up and says THERE'S NO WAY I
SLEEP THAT MUCH.
I'M JUST RESTING MY EYES.

Eric giggles and says OKAY.
WELL, SOMETIMES, IF YOU
ASSUME IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH
TIME TO DO SOMETHING,
ESTIMATING HOW MUCH TIME
IT ACTUALLY TAKES CAN REVEAL
THAT YOUR ASSUMPTIONS ARE...
JUST AN ILLUSION.
I LOOK GOOD WHEN I SLEEP.

(music plays)

Eric draws a circle and colours it inside. He taps on it and a new clip plays. The clip shows a beating heart. The caption next to it reads "115,200" and then "42.048,000."

Eric says IT IS POSSIBLE TO ESTIMATE
THE NUMBER OF HEARTBEATS IN
A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME.
IF SOMEONE'S HEART BEATS
80 TIMES A MINUTE, THAT'S
115,200 BEATS IN ONE DAY.
AND ABOUT 42 MILLION,
48 THOUSAND BEATS IN ONE YEAR.
WHOA!

Next, Eric appears back in the workroom holding a soccer ball.

He says SO HOW MANY HOURS DO YOU
THINK YOU SPEND SLEEPING,
WATCHING TV, OR
PLAYING OUTSIDE?
DO SOME ESTIMATING AND
SEE IF YOU WERE CLOSE.
ESTIMATING, 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.