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Transcript: Bits and pieces - Fractions
(soft music plays)
An animated title against a sunny sky reads "TVOKids Power Hour of Learning."
In off, Laura says WELCOME TO
TVOKIDS
POWER HOUR OF LEARNING.
TODAY'S PRIMARY LESSON:
BITS AND PIECES.
A caption reads "Primary I-3. Teacher Kristy." Kristy is in her late thirties, with short brown hair and bangs. She wears a gray sweater and a green headband. Two boards behind her read "Welcome" and "Keep Calm and Teach On."
Kristy says HI, MY NAME IS KRISTY AND I'M
REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE
WITH YOU TODAY FOR
TVOKIDS
POWER HOUR OF LEARNING.
WE'RE GOING TO BE LEARNING
ABOUT FRACTIONS TODAY.
SO, MAKE SURE YOU'VE GOT A
COMFORTABLE PLACE TO WORK,
A PENCIL OR SOMETHING ELSE TO
WRITE WITH
AND SOME PAPER TO PUT
DOWN SOME OF YOUR IDEAS.
WE'LL TAKE A BODY BREAK PARTWAY
THROUGH OUR EPISODE,
SO MAKE SURE YOU ALSO HAVE
A LITTLE BIT OF SPACE
TO MOVE AROUND
I CAN'T WAIT TO
WORK WITH YOU TODAY.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE LOTS OF FUN AND
DO LOTS OF LEARNING TOGETHER.
Now, she stands next to a whiteboard with a piece of paper.
She says SO, TODAY, OUR BIG IDEA
THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON IS
WHAT ARE FRACTIONS?
FRACTIONS ARE ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT PEOPLE OFTEN FIND
PRETTY TRICKY TO WORK
WITH IN MATH,
AND ONE OF THE REASONS
PEOPLE FIND IT SO TRICKY
IS THEY DON'T REALLY HAVE
A GOOD PICTURE IN THEIR HEAD
OF WHAT A FRACTION IS AND
WHAT IT'S TALKING ABOUT.
SO, A FRACTION IS A WAY WE CAN
TALK ABOUT A PART OF SOMETHING.
WE CAN USE A FRACTION TO TALK
ABOUT A PART OF A GROUP
OR WE CAN USE A FRACTION TO TALK
ABOUT A PART OF WHOLE THING
THAT'S BEEN CUT UP
INTO SMALLER PIECES.
AND WHEN WE WRITE A FRACTION,
WE ALWAYS WRITE IT
USING TWO NUMBERS.
SO, I'M GONNA WRITE DOWN...
I'M GONNA WRITE DOWN
THE NUMBER TWO-THIRDS.
SO, OUR TWO NUMBERS
THAT WE ALWAYS WRITE DOWN,
THERE'S A NUMBER ON THE TOP,
A LINE, AND THEN
THE NUMBER ON THE BOTTOM.
THE NUMBER ON THE TOP IS
CALLED THE NUMERATOR.
AND THE NUMBER ON THE BOTTOM
IS CALLED THE DENOMINATOR.
A REALLY IMPORTANT THING TO
KNOW ABOUT FRACTIONS IS
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
GETS PEOPLE MIXED UP IS
WHAT DO THEY HAVE IN A FRACTION.
AND IN THE FRACTION, IF YOU READ
IT A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY...
IF I JUST SAY TWO-THIRDS,
IT DOESN'T ALWAYS TELL ME
WHAT I WANT TO HEAR
OR WHAT I REALLY HAVE...
TO GET A PICTURE IN MY HEAD.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVE
IN OTHER COUNTRIES
THAT DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH,
THEY USE LANGUAGE TO DESCRIBE
FRACTIONS A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY.
AND IN CHINA, THE WAY
THEY WOULD READ A FRACTION
IS NOT TWO-THIRDS,
IT WOULD BE
"I HAVE TWO OUT OF THREE PARTS,"
WHICH IS A WAY
THAT MAKES YOU ABLE
TO SEE A FRACTION MUCH BETTER.
SO, THAT MEANS, WHEN THEY
READ IT, "I HAVE TWO,"
THAT'S A REALLY
IMPORTANT THING TO KNOW BECAUSE,
IN A FRACTION, YOU ONLY EVER
HAVE THE TOP PART.
SO, IF I HAVE TWO-THIRDS,
I ONLY HAVE TWO THINGS.
THE THIRD PART TELLS ME
HOW MUCH IT WAS CUT INTO
OR HOW MUCH THE GROUP
WAS ALTOGETHER.
SO, ONE IMPORTANT THING TO
REMEMBER WITH FRACTIONS IS
YOU'RE NEVER HOLDING THIS
BOTTOM NUMBER IN YOUR HAND.
IF I HAVE TWO-THIRDS, I DON'T
HAVE THREE THINGS IN MY HAND,
I HAVE TWO THINGS.
I HAVE TWO OUT OF THREE PARTS.
SO, WHEN WE USE
THE RIGHT KIND OF LANGUAGE
TO DESCRIBE FRACTIONS,
IT MAKES IT A LOT EASIER
TO UNDERSTAND THEN.
IF I TRIED ANOTHER FRACTION,
LET'S PRACTICE READING
THEM THIS WAY TOGETHER.
I'M GOING TO SWITCH COLOURS, SO
IT'S A LITTLE EASIER TO SEE.
SO, OUR NUMERATOR
IS WHAT WE HAVE
AND OUR DENOMINATOR IS THE
PARTS.
SO, LET ME TRY OVER HERE,
I'M GOING TO WRITE
THREE-QUARTERS
OR SOMETIMES PEOPLE READ
THIS AS THREE-FOURTHS -
THAT MEANS THE SAME THING.
BUT REALLY, WHAT IT MEANS IS
I HAVE THREE OUT OF FOUR PARTS.
SO, I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT
HOW MANY THINGS ARE
YOU HOLDING IN YOUR HAND?
IF YOU HAVE
THREE OUT OF FOUR PARTS,
IT SAYS RIGHT IN THERE,
"I HAVE THREE."
SO, IF YOU HAVE THREE-QUARTERS,
YOU'VE GOT THREE
PIECES OF SOMETHING.
THE FOUR TELLS ABOUT HOW MANY
PIECES THERE WERE ALTOGETHER.
LET'S TRY ANOTHER ONE TOGETHER
AND I'M GOING TO
WRITE DOWN A FRACTION
AND I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT
HOW MANY PIECES YOU HAVE
IF YOU HAVE THAT MANY.
SO, LET'S SEE.
I'M GOING TO WRITE DOWN...
ONE-HALF.
SO, ONE-HALF.
SO, I WANT YOU TO HOLD
UP A FINGER TO SHOW ME,
DO YOU HAVE ONE THING OR
DO YOU HAVE TWO THINGS?
'CAUSE THERE'S A NUMBER ONE AND
A NUMBER TWO IN THIS FRACTION.
LET'S READ IT TOGETHER
AND CHECK AND SEE.
I HAVE ONE OUT OF TWO PARTS.
SO, IF YOU SAID YOU HAVE
ONE THING, GOOD JOB.
LET'S TRY ANOTHER ONE TOGETHER.
I'M GONNA KEEP
SWITCHING MARKER COLOURS,
SO I DON'T GET CONFUSED.
ALL RIGHT, HMM...
I'M GOING TO PUT DOWN
TWO-QUARTERS
OR TWO-FOURTHS.
SO, I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT,
WHAT DO YOU HAVE?
DO YOU HAVE TWO THINGS OR DO YOU
HAVE FOUR THINGS?
LET'S READ IT
TOGETHER AND CHECK.
I HAVE TWO OUT OF FOUR,
SO I HAVE TWO.
IF YOU HAVE TWO-QUARTERS, THAT
MEANS YOU'VE GOT TWO THINGS.
SO, WE'RE GOING TO REMEMBER,
WHEN WE LOOK AT A FRACTION,
THE NUMBER OF OBJECTS THAT
THAT FRACTION REPRESENTS,
THE TOP NUMBER TELLS ABOUT HOW
MANY YOU ACTUALLY HAVE.
THE BOTTOM NUMBER
TELLS YOU ABOUT
HOW MANY PARTS
SOMETHING WAS CUT INTO
OR HOW MANY OBJECTS
THERE WERE ALTOGETHER.
WE'RE GOING TO PRACTICING A FEW
DIFFERENT THINGS TOGETHER TODAY.
WE'RE GONNA START BY LOOKING AT
FRACTIONS AS PART OF A SET.
SO, I'M GOING TO SEND YOU TO
WATCH AN EPISODE OF
16 HUDSON
AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT
THE KIDS ARE PLAYING A GAME
ON TEAMS AND THE TEAMS...
THE WHOLE GAME IS MADE UP
OF TWO DIFFERENT TEAMS,
SO THERE'S DIFFERENT
COLOUR SHIRTS.
THEN, WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK
AND TRY SOME FRACTION
ACTIVITIES TOGETHER.
SO, KEEP AN EYE ON THOSE TEAMS
AND HOW THEY'RE DIVIDED UP
AND I'LL SEE YOU BACK
IN A FEW MINUTES.
The TVOKids and Big Bad Boo Studios logos appear.
A kid says WHEE!
(giggling)
Birds fly over a city.
A kid knocks on the door of his little neighbors. They all race down a stair. They play and have fun outside.
A song plays WHO'S THAT KNOCKING
AT MY DOOR?
I'LL RACE YOU
TO THE BOTTOM FLOOR
WHO'S THAT PLAYING
HIDE AND SEEK?
COUNT TO 10
AND DON'T YOU PEEK!
LET'S HEAD OUTSIDE AND PLAY
CREATE A BRAND-NEW GAME
OR SEARCH
BENEATH THE STAIRS
FOR HIDDEN TREASURE THERE
16 HUDSON
THAT'S WHERE
MY FRIENDS ARE WAITING
16 HUDSON
WON'T YOU COME ALONG?
16 HUDSON
WHERE EVERYBODY'S WELCOME
16 HUDSON
THAT'S WHERE I BELONG!
All the neighbors chew gum and blow bubbles making a rainbow over the city.
Today's episode is "Whose Side Are You On?"
Sam gets ready to kick a ball. He has short black hair. Amala paints excitedly at the football goal. She has brown hair tied-up in a bun.
(straining)
Amala kicks the ball and says SORRY. I GOT MIXED UP.
WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO AGAIN?
Sam says YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO
CATCH IT, NOT KICK IT, REMEMBER?
Amala says RIGHT.
I'M SO USED TO SOCCER,
IT'S HARD TO REMEMBER
THESE NEW RULES.
Sam says YOU'LL GET IT, AMALA;
YOU HAVE TO,
SO WE CAN BEAT
17 HUDSON AT KICKBALL,
LIKE YESTERDAY.
Lili has short black hair and wears glasses.
Lili says I GOT THIS.
OKAY, IN KICKBALL, WE DO KICK,
BUT ONLY WHEN WE'RE UP THERE.
BUT WHEN THE OTHER TEAM'S
KICKING, WE CATCH IT.
IT'S LIKE BASEBALL,
ONLY WITH KICKING. GET IT?
Amala says NO.
Sam says HERE COMES ANOTHER
PRACTICE BALL, AMALA.
THIS TIME, CATCH IT AND THROW
IT TO LILI AT FIRST BASE.
Sam kicks the ball.
A blond boy says I GOT IT!
YEAH!
The blond boy catches the ball.
(cheering)
The blond boy says WE HAVE A MINOR ISSUE.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO
PLAY SOCCER-BASEBALL TODAY.
Sam says WELL, THAT'S NO PROBLEMO
BECAUSE WE'RE PLAYING KICKBALL.
The blond boy says HMPH. YOUR NAME FOR
THE GAME AMUSES ME,
DESPITE IT BEING
SO WOEFULLY INCORRECT.
Sam says HUH?
The blond boy says YOU'VE GOT THE NAME
OF THE GAME WRONG.
AT 17 HUDSON, WE CALL IT
SOCCER-BASEBALL,
NOT KICKBALL.
ANYHOW, WE CAN'T PLAY.
WE'RE ONE PLAYER SHORT.
Sam says HEH. IT'S 'CAUSE WE CRUSHED
YOU YESTERDAY, ISN'T IT?
YOU DON'T WANNA GET
WHOMPED TWO DAYS IN A ROW.
WAIT. I KNOW.
HOW ABOUT WE GIVE
YOU ONE OF OUR PLAYERS?
The blond boy says HMM...
Sam says WE'LL GIVE YOU...
AMALA!
Amala says HUH?
Sam says COME ON, AMALA.
IT'S JUST FOR ONE GAME,
SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO FORFEIT.
Amala says BUT...
Sam says 'CAUSE IF YOU DON'T PLAY
FOR 17 HUDSON, NOBODY PLAYS.
YOU WANT US ALL TO
HAVE FUN, DON'T YOU?
Amala sighs and says EHH. OKAY,
I'LL PLAY FOR HENRI'S TEAM,
TO BE FAIR.
Sam says GAME ON!
The game begins.
Lili says SAFE! AND THE BASES ARE LOADED!
Sam says SWEET! ONE MORE OUT
AND OUR WINNING STREAK
OVER 17 HUDSON KEEPS GOING.
Lili says YEAH, BUT IF THE NEXT KICKER
GETS A GRAND SLAM HOME RUN,
WE LOSE.
Sam says DON'T WORRY, LOOK WHO'S UP.
MOVE IN, GUYS.
IT'S NOT GOING FAR.
Amala kicks the ball.
The blond boy says AMALA, RUN!
OTHER WAY!
Kids say GO, AMALA!
COME ON, AMALA! YOU CAN DO IT!
RUN, RUN, RUN!
Amala scores.
Lili says DID YOU SEE THAT?!
(cheering)
Sam says YEAH. WHO KNEW?
Lili and Amala high five.
Lili says YEAH!
The blond boy says VERY NICE OF YOU TO GIVE US
YOUR STAR PLAYER, SAM.
Sam says IT WAS A LOAN.
PLUS, SINCE AMALA
LIVES AT 16 HUDSON,
IT WASN'T A REAL WIN, ANYWAY.
The blond boy says LOOKED REAL TO ME.
WE'RE TIED ONE TO ONE.
Sam says FINE. WE'LL PLAY A
TIEBREAKER TOMORROW.
The blond boy says YOU'RE ON.
Later, Amala water plants in a yard.
(humming)
Amala says THE BASES ARE LOADED!
AMALA COMES UP
TO THE BATTER THINGY.
SHE KICKS THE BALL!
IT'S A WHOPPER!
She accidentally waters Sam's face.
She says OOH! OOH! SORRY, SAM.
SORRY, I DIDN'T SEE YOU.
Sam says IT'S OKAY. IT WAS A PRETTY
GREAT KICK YOU MADE TODAY.
Amala says OH, THANKS.
Sam says YOU KNOW, AMALA, SPORTS IS
A LOT ABOUT BEING A GOOD SPORT
AND GOOD 'SPORTSISM' AND
HAVING A GOOD 'SPORTITUDE'...
Amala says UH-HUH...
Sam says AND FAIR PLAY,
AND LOYALTY,
STICKING BY YOUR TEAM -
YOUR REAL TEAM -
WHEN THEY'RE COUNTING ON YOU.
YOU'RE WATERING MY SHOES.
Amala says SORRY.
Sam says YOU KNOW WHAT
I'M SAYING, RIGHT?
Amala says MM-HMM.
Sam says GREAT! I KNOW YOU'LL PLAY
FOR THE RIGHT TEAM TOMORROW.
The next day, Sam says HERE SHE COMES! 16 HUDSON
SUPERSTAR KICKER!
WOO-HOO!
Amala wears the other team's blue T shirt.
Sam says WHAT?
AMALA CAN'T PLAY
FOR 17 HUDSON.
Amala says WHY NOT?
I DID YESTERDAY.
Sam says YEAH, BUT-BUT...
(groaning)
REMEMBER WHAT I SAID
ABOUT BEING A GOOD SPORT
AND GOOD 'SPORTSMANITUDE'?
Amala says SURE. BUT I THOUGHT YOU MEANT I
SHOULD PLAY FOR 17 HUDSON.
Sam says NO, THE OPPOSITE!
YOU LIVE AT 16 HUDSON.
WHAT ABOUT LOYALTY?
HOW COULD YOU
DO THIS TO YOUR FRIENDS?
Amala says BUT I THOUGHT...
Sam says IT WAS JUST A LOAN!
AND BESIDES, I NEVER
WOULD HAVE LOANED YOU,
IF I'D KNOWN YOU
WERE ANY GOOD.
Lili says OH! AHH, HE DIDN'T
MEAN IT THAT WAY.
(groaning)
Sam says THIS IS NOT FAIR!
IF AMALA DOESN'T PLAY
FOR 16 HUDSON, THEN...
THEN 16 HUDSON ISN'T PLAYING!
(Yelling angrily)
The blond boy says WHAT'S THE MATTER, SAM?
AFRAID OF GETTING HUMILIATED
AT SOCCER-BASEBALL
TWO DAYS IN A ROW?
LOOKS LIKE 16 HUDSON
IS FORFEITING. WE WIN!
Lili says HANG ON! NOBODY'S FORFEITING.
Eddie says YEAH. WE NEVER SAID THAT.
(chattering)
Lili says SAM, WHY ARE YOU
BEING THIS WAY?
Sam says BECAUSE I WANT TO
BEAT 17 HUDSON.
IT'S THE WHOLE POINT
OF PLAYING.
Amala says I THOUGHT THE WHOLE
POINT WAS TO HAVE FUN.
Sam says SURE, BUT...
Amala says EVERYBODY HAD FUN YESTERDAY.
Sam says WELL, YOU DID -
YOU KICKED A GRAND SLAM.
Lili says I HAD FUN, TOO.
I MADE THAT DIVING CATCH,
AND YOU MADE A BUNCH
OF GREAT KICKS,
AND EDDIE RAN SO FAST!
Amala says IT WAS
ABSO-TOTAL-LUTELY AWESOME!
Sam says YEAH, BUT-- BUT STILL...
(groaning)
OKAY. IT WAS...
EXCEPT FOR THE LOSING PART.
Lili says BUT NOW LOOK
AT EVERYBODY.
(chattering angrily)
Lili says WE'RE ALL FIGHTING
OVER THE TEAMS,
WHEN THEY SHOULD BE
PLAYING AND HAVING FUN.
Sam says YOU'RE RIGHT.
WE ALL CAME TO PLAY,
BUT ALL WE'RE DOING
IS FIGHTING OVER TEAMS.
Amala says BUT HOW DO WE FIX IT?
Sam says WE DON'T FIX IT,
WE MIX IT!
TWEET!
GUYS, I KNOW
I STARTED THIS FIGHT,
BUT I WANT TO BE A
GOOD SPORT AND STOP IT.
I THINK I KNOW A WAY
WE CAN MAKE FAIR TEAMS
AND PLAY FOR FUN,
WHICH IS THE POINT.
All the players mix their shoes.
Sam says OKAY, AMALA, YOU'RE ON.
SAY HI TO YOUR
NEW TEAMMATES, EVERYBODY.
The blond boy says WELL, THIS SHOULD
BE INTERESTING.
The game starts again.
Sam says BACK IT UP, GUYS!
SHE CAN REALLY BOOT IT!
Amala kicks the balls and falls.
Sam says OUT!
AND WE WIN.
The blond boy says YOUR SHOE THING
WAS A GOOD IDEA
FOR SOCCER-BASEBALL.
Sam says YOU WOULD SAY THAT,
IT'S A GOOD WAY FOR YOU TO AVOID
16 HUDSON CRUSHING YOU.
The blond boy says QUITE THE CONTRARY,
YOU'LL SEE...
ONCE SNOWBALL SEASON STARTS.
Sam says AND WE VANQUISH
YOU AT THAT, TOO?
The blond boy says NO WAY.
Sam says 16 HUDSON...
The end credits roll.
Kristy says I HOPE YOU HAD FUN, WATCHING
THAT EPISODE OF
16 HUDSON.
ON THE EPISODE, WE SAW THAT THE
KIDS WERE MAKING KICKBALL TEAMS
AND THEY HAD A LITTLE BIT
OF A PROBLEM
BECAUSE THEY HAD TOO
MANY KIDS ON ONE TEAM
AND NOT ENOUGH ON THE OTHER.
SO, I'M GOING TO USE-- I HAVE
THESE LITTLE PEOPLE HERE
AND I'M GOING TO USE THEM TO
MODEL THE TEAMS ON
16 HUDSON
AND WE'RE GOING TO
WRITE SOME FRACTIONS
TO TELL ABOUT THOSE TEAMS.
SO, THE ONLY THING
I MIGHT MIX UP
IS I FORGET NOW WHICH IS THE
RED TEAM AND WHICH IS THE BLUE,
SO I'M SORRY IF I
SWITCH THEM AROUND.
SO, AT THE BEGINNING,
WE HAD ONE,
TWO, THREE,
FOUR KIDS WHO WERE
ON ONE TEAM...
Kirsty distributes blue figures on the piece of paper.
Kirsty says IN ONE COLOUR.
AND THEN, WE HAD ONE, TWO,
THREE, FOUR,
FIVE, SIX KIDS.
Now, she adds red figures.
Kirsty says AND I CAN SEE,
IF I LOOK AT THOSE,
I HAVE ONE, TWO,
THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX,
SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE,
TEN KIDS ALTOGETHER.
SO, I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO
MODEL THAT AS THE FRACTION.
SO, I KNOW THAT ALTOGETHER,
THE GROUP I HAVE IS TEN PEOPLE.
NOW, I CAN USE A FRACTION TO
TELL ABOUT PARTS OF THAT.
SO, AT THE BEGINNING,
I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT...
WE KNOW THE TOP
NUMBER OF THE FRACTION
ALWAYS TELLS ABOUT
HOW MANY WE HAVE.
SO, IF I WANTED TO WRITE A
FRACTION TO DESCRIBE
HOW MANY OF THE KIDS
WERE WEARING BLUE...
HOW MANY OF THE KIDS
WERE WEARING BLUE?
SO, LET'S TAKE A LOOK,
SEE IF YOU CAN GET
THE IDEA INTO YOUR HEAD.
LET'S DO A COUNT AND CHECK.
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR.
SO, FOUR OUT OF TEN KIDS
WERE WEARING BLUE SHIRTS
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE EPISODE.
IT MEANS ALTOGETHER,
I HAVE TEN KIDS.
THAT'S THE BOTTOM
OF MY FRACTION -
HOW MANY THERE ARE ALTOGETHER.
BUT FOUR OF THEM ARE BLUE
AND THAT'S THE NUMBER I'M
ASKING HOW MANY I HAVE.
LET'S ERASE OUR FOUR OUT OF TEN.
NOW, LET'S THINK ABOUT THERE'S
STILL TEN KIDS ALTOGETHER,
BUT NOW I WANT
TO TELL A FRACTION
ABOUT HOW MANY OF THEM
ARE WEARING RED.
SO, WHAT PART OF THE WHOLE
GROUP ARE WEARING RED?
SO, TAKE A LOOK,
SEE IF YOU CAN FIGURE OUT
WHAT FRACTION WILL TELL ABOUT
HOW MANY OUT OF THE WHOLE
GROUP ARE WEARING RED.
LET'S COUNT AND
CHECK AND TRY IT OUT.
ONE, TWO, THREE,
FOUR, FIVE, SIX.
SIX OUT OF TEN ARE WEARING RED.
SO, YOU CAN SEE,
IN THIS PROBLEM,
THE BOTTOM NUMBER -
THE DENOMINATOR -
ALWAYS STAYS THE SAME
BECAUSE I HAD TEN KIDS
ALTOGETHER THE WHOLE TIME.
BUT DEPENDING ON WHAT PART OF
THE GROUP I'M TELLING ABOUT,
THE TOP NUMBER CHANGES.
WHEN I TOLD ABOUT THE BLUE,
I HAD FOUR OUT OF TEN.
WHEN I TOLD ABOUT THE RED,
I HAD SIX OUT OF TEN.
NOW, I'M GOING TO
DO A LITTLE BIT OF TRADE,
SO IT'S LIKE THE OTHER STORY,
AND THEN WE'LL DO SOME
FRACTION CHECKING.
SO, WE KNOW THAT ONE
OF THE KIDS HAD TO LEAVE
AND CHANGE THEIR SHIRT COLOUR,
SO THAT BOTH TEAMS WOULD
HAVE THE SAME NUMBER.
LET'S CHECK AND SEE.
WE'LL ERASE OUR TOP NUMBER OF
OUR FRACTION - OUR NUMERATOR.
WE'VE GOT ONE,
TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE,
SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT,
NINE, TEN KIDS ALTOGETHER.
SO, MY NUMBER THAT
TELLS HOW MANY PARTS I...
HOW MANY PARTS WE'VE GOT
ALTOGETHER CAN STAY.
NOW, IF I WANT TO
TELL ABOUT THE BLUE,
HOW MANY OF THE WHOLE
GROUP ARE BLUE,
LET'S THINK ABOUT WHAT FRACTION
WOULD REPRESENT THAT.
LET'S CHECK. WE KNOW
TEN ALTOGETHER STAYS THE SAME.
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE.
SO, FIVE OUT OF TEN PLAYERS
WERE WEARING BLUE
AT THE END OF THE EPISODE.
AND IF I WERE TO CHECK...
I THINK A LOT OF YOU WOULD
REALIZE, IF I WERE TO CHECK,
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE
ALSO TELLS ABOUT THE RED SIDE
'CAUSE HALF OF THE GROUP
HAD RED AND HALF HAD BLUE.
I'M GOING TO BE A
LITTLE TRICKIER NOW.
WE'VE TOLD THAT...
WE'VE LOOKED AT OUR EPISODE
THAT WE'VE JUST WATCHED
AND THOUGHT ABOUT HOW WE
COULD REPRESENT THOSE TEAMS.
I'M GOING TO BUILD SOME
DIFFERENT FRACTIONS
THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE DIFFERENT
GROUPS, OTHER THAN TEN,
AND WE'RE GONNA WORK
FOR YOU TO WRITE DOWN
AND SEE IF YOU GUESS WHAT
FRACTION IT'S TELLING ABOUT.
SO, I'M GONNA MOVE SOME
OF MY LITTLE KIDS DOWN
THAT I'VE GOT UP HERE.
MAYBE I'LL SWITCH
MY COLOURS UP A LITTLE.
LET'S SEE...
SO, NOW...
She puts two orange figures.
She continues I HAVE SOME BLUE KIDS AND I HAVE
SOME ORANGE KIDS UP THERE,
BUT I DEFINITELY DON'T HAVE TEN.
SO, I'D LIKE YOU TO THINK ABOUT,
IF I WERE GOING TO
CREATE A FRACTION
TO TELL ABOUT HOW MANY OF THE
KIDS WERE WEARING ORANGE,
WHAT WOULD THAT FRACTION BE?
SO, I'VE GOT A NEW GROUP
OF KIDS UP HERE
AND I WANT TO THINK ABOUT,
OUT OF THE WHOLE GROUP,
WHAT PART OF THE KIDS
ARE WEARING ORANGE?
THE FIRST PART
SHOULD BE PRETTY EASY
'CAUSE I CAN SEE ONE,
TWO ARE WEARING ORANGE.
SO, I KNOW MY FRACTION IS
GOING TO HAVE A TWO
AND I KNOW THAT
THAT'S WHAT I HAVE.
I'M TELLING ABOUT WHAT I'VE GOT.
BUT THIS IS WHERE
IT GETS TRICKY.
WHAT NUMBER DO YOU THINK
IS GOING TO GO ON THE
BOTTOM OF THE FRACTION?
WHAT IS OUR DENOMINATOR
GOING TO BE?
SO, TWO TELLS ABOUT
THE PART WE'VE GOT
AND THE BOTTOM TELLS
ABOUT THE WHOLE.
SO, LET'S CHECK HOW MANY KIDS
THERE ARE ALTOGETHER.
ONE, TWO, THREE,
FOUR, FIVE, SIX.
SO, MY FRACTION SAYS,
OUT OF ALL SIX KIDS,
TWO OF THEM ARE WEARING ORANGE.
I HAVE TWO OUT OF SIX KIDS
WHO ARE WEARING ORANGE.
AND REMEMBER,
THE TOP NUMBER TELLS ABOUT
WHAT PART WE HAVE
THAT WE'RE TELLING ABOUT
AND THE BOTTOM NUMBER TELLS
ABOUT THE WHOLE OF THE...
THE WHOLE THAT WE'VE CUT
INTO LITTLE PARTS.
LET'S TRY ANOTHER ONE TOGETHER
AND SEE IF WE CAN GET IT.
ALL RIGHT.
OH, I'M GONNA BE EXTRA SNEAKY.
ALL RIGHT. SO, NOW,
I HAVE THREE DIFFERENT SETS
WITHIN MY GROUP UP HERE.
SO, MY WHOLE HAS ONE, TWO,
THREE, FOUR, FIVE KIDS.
I'VE GOT SOME KIDS WEARING BLUE,
I'VE GOT SOME KIDS WEARING RED,
AND I'VE GOT SOME KIDS
WEARING ORANGE.
SO, I COULD ACTUALLY WRITE
THREE DIFFERENT FRACTIONS
TO TELL ABOUT WHAT
I SEE RIGHT HERE.
SO, THE FIRST FRACTION
WE'RE GOING TO WRITE...
THE FIRST FRACTION
WE'RE GOING TO WRITE
IS GOING TO TELL ABOUT HOW
MANY KIDS ARE WEARING BLUE.
SO, LET'S THINK ABOUT,
OUT OF THE WHOLE GROUP,
HOW MANY ARE WEARING BLUE?
SO, YOU WRITE IT DOWN AND LET'S
SEE IF WE GET THE SAME ANSWER.
I COUNT ONE, TWO
KIDS ARE WEARING BLUE
OUT OF ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR,
FIVE KIDS ALTOGETHER.
SO, TWO OUT OF FIVE KIDS
ARE WEARING BLUE.
IF I WANTED TO CHANGE WHICH
GROUP OF KIDS I'M LOOKING AT,
IF I DON'T TAKE ANY KIDS AWAY,
I KNOW MY DENOMINATOR IS
GOING TO STAY THE SAME
'CAUSE THERE'S STILL
FIVE KIDS ALTOGETHER.
SO, I'M GOING TO ERASE
THE TWO OR, IN YOUR BOOK,
YOU COULD START A NEW FRACTION
THAT HAS A FIVE ON THE BOTTOM.
NOW, I WANT TO TELL ABOUT HOW
MANY KIDS ARE WEARING RED.
SO, YOU WRITE A
NEW FRACTION TO TELL ME
HOW MANY KIDS ARE WEARING RED.
I COUNT ONE KID.
ONE KID OUT OF ONE,
TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE
IS WEARING RED.
I CAN ALSO READ THIS
FRACTION AS ONE-FIFTH
IS ANOTHER WAY TO
DESCRIBE THIS FRACTION.
BUT, FOR ME, I LIKE
THE ONE OUT OF FIVE BECAUSE,
IN MY HEAD, I CAN
MAKE A BETTER PICTURE
OUT OF WHAT ONE OUT OF FIVE
LOOKS LIKE THAN ONE-FIFTH.
IT JUST MAKES IT EASIER
FOR ME TO VISUALIZE
AND WHEN YOU CAN VISUALIZE
AND YOU CAN IMAGINE WHAT
SOMETHING LOOKS LIKE IN MATH,
FIGURING OUT ANY PROBLEMS
GETS MUCH, MUCH EASIER.
RIGHT NOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT
PART OF THE PATTERN
THAT'S IN FRACTIONS.
NOW, WITH MATH, EVERYTHING
IS MADE OUT OF PATTERNS,
AND WHEN YOU CAN FIND
THE PATTERN IN MATH,
EVERYTHING ELSE GETS EASY.
SO, LET'S TRY ANOTHER ONE.
LAST, LET'S TELL ABOUT HOW MANY
KIDS ARE WEARING ORANGE.
SO, WHAT FRACTION OF KIDS
ARE WEARING ORANGE.
ONE OUT OF FIVE
KIDS WAS WEARING RED.
I DIDN'T CHANGE
MY TOTAL NUMBER OF KIDS,
SO I STILL KNOW THERE'S
FIVE KIDS ALTOGETHER
AND I CAN SEE TWO OUT OF FIVE
KIDS IS WEARING ORANGE.
OH, YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'M GOING TO HAVE
YOU DO ONE MORE.
I'M GOING TO BE A LITTLE
BIT SNEAKY WITH YOU.
I'D LIKE YOU TO WRITE
A FRACTION TO TELL ME
HOW MANY OF THESE
KIDS ARE WEARING PURPLE.
SO, WRITE A FRACTION TO TELL ME
HOW MANY OF THESE KIDS
ARE WEARING PURPLE.
SO, I CAN SEE THERE'S
STILL FIVE KIDS.
MY NUMBER OF KIDS
HASN'T CHANGED.
SO, I KNOW IT'S STILL
GOING TO BE OUT OF FIVE.
BUT I CAN ALSO SEE
NO KIDS ARE WEARING PURPLE.
SO, A FRACTION CAN
ALSO SAY ZERO.
ZERO OUT OF FIVE KIDS
ARE WEARING PURPLE.
SO, FRACTIONS, THIS WAY WE'RE
LOOKING AT FRACTIONS
AS PART OF A SET.
SO, WHEN YOU'VE GOT A GROUP
AND YOU CAN LOOK AT THE GROUP
AND SEE WHAT THE DIFFERENT
PARTS ARE MADE OF.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE
A BREAK RIGHT NOW.
AND THEN, LATER, WE'RE GOING
TO LOOK AT FRACTIONS,
HOW YOU CAN USE THEM
A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY.
SO, MAKE SURE YOU'VE GOT SOME
SPACE TO MOVE AROUND.
GET UP AND LET'S
HAVE A BODY BREAK.
(hip hop beat playing)
Out of a shiny light, Mickeey pops up in a TV studio with graffiti on the walls. He is in his early teens, with short black hair. He wears a red jacket, blue jeans and a black and white sweater.
Mickeey says HEY, WHAT'S UP?
TODAY, WE'RE GONNA BE LEARNING
ONE OF MY FAVOURITE DANCES.
IT'S CALLED...
THE ROCKSTAR!
He shows the movement.
Then, he says LET'S KICK IT OFF
WITH THE FEET, YOU GUYS.
EASY-PEASY.
ALL YOU GOTTA DO IS STEP OUT,
YOU'RE GONNA TAKE YOUR KNEES IN
TO COME OUT AGAIN,
AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA
LEAN DOWN TO THAT SIDE.
FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT.
DOWN, IN, OUT.
DOWN, IN, OUT.
STEP, IN, OUT. HEY!
STEP, IN, OUT.
ALL RIGHT,
CHECK OUT MY HANDS, YOU GUYS.
WE'RE GONNA BE STRUMMING
ON OUR GUITAR
AND IT'S GONNA BE
IN THE SHAPE OF AN 'L'.
YOUR FIRST STEP,
TAKE THAT DOWN,
HIT, HIT, TO MAKE AN 'L'.
ONE, AND TWO,
GO, THREE, AND FOUR,
FIVE AND SIX,
SEVEN AND EIGHT. NICE!
WELL, LET'S DO IT WITH MUSIC
AND FRIENDS, SHALL WE?
HERE WE GO!
Daniel and Kara join him.
Mickeey says LET'S GO, GUYS.
HERE WE GO!
STEP, IN, OUT. STEP, IN, OUT.
AND STRUM IN AN 'L'.
STRUM IN AN 'L'.
WHOO! YOU'RE A ROCKSTAR!
ONE MORE TIME, HERE WE GO!
AND STEP, IN, OUT.
STEP, IN, OUT.
AND STRUM IN AN 'L'.
WOO-HOO-HOO!
They all high-five.
He says AND GUESS WHAT?
YOU JUST MOVED WITH MICKEEY.
SEE YA!
Copyright 2017, The Ontario Educational Communications Authority.
The clip ends.
Kirsty says I HOPE YOU HAD FUN
ON YOUR BODY BREAK,
GOT UP AND MOVED
AROUND A LITTLE,
SO YOU'RE FULL OF ENERGY
AND YOUR BRAIN IS READY TO WORK.
WE'RE GOING TO BE
WATCHING AN EPISODE
OF THE
ODD SQUAD
TOGETHER
THAT'S LOOKING AT FRACTIONS
AS PARTS OF A WHOLE.
SO, I WANT YOU TO WATCH
FOR WHERE YOU CAN SPOT
FRACTIONS IN THE EPISODE
AND HOW THE FRACTIONS ARE
PARTS OF A WHOLE THING.
KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN
'CAUSE THERE ARE LOTS AND LOTS
OF FRACTIONS IN THIS
EPISODE FOR YOU TO FIND.
I'LL SEE YOU IN JUST A MINUTE
AND WE'LL DO AN
ACTIVITY TOGETHER.
A clip plays.
Olive and Otto wear blue Odd Squad uniforms with red ties. She has brown hair tied-up. Otto has brown hair and bangs.
Olive says MY NAME IS AGENT OLIVE.
THIS IS MY PARTNER AGENT OTTO.
An egg appears.
Olive says THIS IS WHAT CAME FIRST.
BUT BACK TO OTTO AND ME.
WE WORK FOR AN
ORGANIZATION RUN BY KIDS
THAT INVESTIGATES
ANYTHING STRANGE,
WEIRD AND ESPECIALLY ODD.
OUR JOB IS TO PUT
THINGS RIGHT AGAIN.
Fast clips show the agents' adventures.
(whinnying)
Puppet agents run and say COME ON! COME ON!
Olive says WHO DO WE WORK FOR?
WE WORK FOR ODD SQUAD.
Today's episode is "Mystic Egg Pizza."
A male neighbor says OH, THANKS FOR COMING,
ODD SQUAD.
Olive says WHAT SEEMS TO BE THE PROBLEM?
The neighbor says UH, IT'S MY TRASH.
HAVE A LOOK.
He opens a trash bin. The scene repeats.
The neighbor says THANKS FOR COMING,
ODD SQUAD.
Olive says WHAT SEEMS TO
BE THE PROBLEM?
The agents say WHOA!
Otto says THAT'S US!
The neighbor says MM-HM.
I'D KIND OF LIKE
MY GARBAGE BACK.
Otto says WHAT DO YOU SAY, OLIVE?
DO WE USE THE GARBAGE-A-NATOR
OR THE TRASH-A-NATOR?
Olive says MAYBE WE SHOULD
WATCH WHAT THEY DO.
Inside the trash bin, Otto says GARBAGE-A-NATOR OR
TRASH-A-NATOR?
Olive says MM...
TRASH-A-NATOR.
She shoots the trash bin and it explodes.
She says UH-OH!
Outside the trash bin, Olive says OKAY!
Otto says GARBAGE-A-NATOR IT IS.
Otto shoots the trash bin and garbage appears.
The neighbor and the agents say GARBAGE!
The neighbor chuckles and says OOH!
HEY, THANKS, ODD SQUAD.
OH. UH,
WHAT ABOUT THEM?
He points upwards.
The agents and the neighbor appear.
Olive says DON'T LOOK UP?
The neighbor says YEAH, OKAY.
Big O sits in her office.
Big O says THERE YOU TWO ARE.
SOMETHING VERY
ODD HAS HAPPENED.
YOU REMEMBER DEBBIE FROM
DEBBIE'S PIZZA DELIVERY?
The agents say OF COURSE!
Debbie wears glasses, a red and white cap and a matching shirt.
Debbie says ODD SQUAD,
I NEED YOUR HELP.
I'VE BEEN DELIVERING
PIZZAS ALL DAY
AND EVERY TIME
ONE OF MY CUSTOMERS
OPENS UP THEIR
PIZZA BOX, THIS HAPPENS.
YEAH, PIECES ARE MISSING.
IT WAS A FULL PIZZA
WHEN I PUT IT IN THERE.
Olive says WHO WOULD WANT PIECES OF
YOUR PIZZA TO DISAPPEAR?
Debbie says I AM NOT NORMALLY ONE
TO POINT FINGERS, BUT, UH...
She shows a picture of Doug.
Big O says ISN'T THAT THE GUY
WHO DELIVERS
EGG SALAD SANDWICHES?
Debbie says YEAH. IT IS DELIVERY DOUG.
HE IS JEALOUS OF MY BUSINESS
AND HE WANTS TO RUIN IT.
Big O says SEEMS LIKE A PRETTY OPEN
AND SHUT CASE TO ME.
Otto says BUT MS. O, SHOULDN'T
WE PAY DOUG A VISIT
BEFORE WE BLAME HIM FOR
STEALING DEBBIE'S PIZZA?
Big O says EITHER WAY,
She yells WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?!
GO!
Olive says COME ON, DEBBIE.
They walk into a basement.
Otto says OH!
WHAT'S THAT SMELL?
Olive says I'M GUESSING THE
VATS OF EGG SALAD.
Doug wears black-rimmed glasses, a white and blue cap and a matching shirt.
Doug says WELL, WELL, WELL...
IF IT ISN'T DELIVERY DEBBIE
AND AGENTS 'OOTOO'
AND 'OOLAVEY'.
Olive says WOW, THAT'S NOT EVEN CLOSE
TO SAYING OUR NAMES RIGHT.
Debbie says WE KNOW YOU'VE BEEN STEALING
PIECES OF MY PIZZA, DOUG.
Otto says ACTUALLY...
WE DON'T KNOW THAT YET.
Debbie says RIGHT, YEAH. RIGHT.
DO THE WHOLE GOOD COP,
BAD COP THING.
Doug says AND I DIDN'T STEAL A THING.
IN FACT, THE SAME
THING HAS BEEN HAPPENING
WITH MY EGG SALAD SANDWICHES.
SEE?
THAT WAS WHOLE WHEN
I PUT IT IN THERE.
Otto says BUT WHO WOULD WANT TO DO
SOMETHING LIKE THIS?
Doug says WELL, I DON'T LIKE
TO POINT FINGERS, BUT...
He shows a picture of Debbie.
Debbie gasps and says I DID NOT!
Doug says DID TOO!
Debbie says YOU ARE SO JEALOUS OF ME.
Doug says LOOK AT MY SUCCESSFUL EMPIRE.
In off, Doug's mom says DOUGIE, IS EVERYTHING OKAY?
Doug says EVERYTHING'S FINE, MOM.
Doug's mom says DOUGIE, I'M THINKING OF
GETTING A COCKER SPANIEL.
Doug says MOM!
Olive says THIS IS SO ODD.
WHO WOULD STEAL
TWO PIECES OF PIZZA
AND TWO PIECES OF
EGG SALAD SANDWICH?
Otto says MAYBE IT HAS SOMETHING
TO DO WITH THE NUMBER TWO.
The agents say TOMMY TWOSIE!
Debbie says I SAY WE PAY HIM A VISIT.
Doug says AND I SAY WE TAKE THE EGGMOBILE.
Olive says YOU HAVE AN EGGMOBILE?
Doug says I DO. YOU GUYS ARE GOING
TO LOVE IT. COME ON!
In Doug's car, Otto says YOU KNOW, WHEN
YOU SAID EGGMOBILE,
I THOUGHT IT WOULD ACTUALLY
BE SHAPED LIKE AN EGG.
Doug says NO, IT JUST SMELLS LIKE ONE.
Olive says UGH!
DO THE WINDOWS WORK?
Doug says NO, BUT THE HEATER DOES.
AND SO DOES THE STEREO.
CHECK OUT THIS
NEW SONG I JUST RECORDED.
(hip hop beat playing)
Doug sings EGGS
ALL I REALLY WANT IS EGGS
MIXING MAYO IN MY EGGS
MAYO EGGS
NOW PUT IT ON SOME BRE-AD
BREAD
YOU HEARD WHAT
DELIVERY DOUG SAID
YEAH
YOU GUYS ALL BUCKLED IN?
Debbie and the agents say YEAH.
Now parked, Doug says SO, WHAT'S THIS TOMMY TWOSIE
LOOK LIKE, ANYWAY?
Olive says STRAIGHT AHEAD.
Otto says THIS GUY USUALLY TRIES
TO MAKE A RUN FOR IT,
SO, ON THREE, WE ALL
JUMP OUT OF THE EGGMOBILE.
ONE, TWO...
Doug says WAIT! THE ONLY DOOR THAT
OPENS FROM THE INSIDE
IS THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR.
The agents and Debbie say SERIOUSLY?!
Doug says I NEVER JOKE AROUND
ABOUT THE EGGMOBILE.
The agents run towards Tommy and say ODD SQUAD! ODD SQUAD!
STOP RIGHT THERE!
Tommy wears a striped green polo shirt over a blue one, two hats and glasses. He carries groceries bags.
Tommy says OH, SNAP!
He tries to run away.
Then, Tommy says YOU'RE LUCKY I'M NOT WEARING
MY RUNNING SHOES TODAY.
He wears snow rackets.
Otto says WE KNOW YOU'VE BEEN
STEALING PIECES OF PIZZA
AND EGG SALAD SANDWICHES.
Tommy says WHOA! WHOA! WHOA!
YOU'VE GOT THE WRONG GUY.
IF I WANTED TO STEAL PIZZA...
Doug says OR EGG SALAD SANDWICHES...
Tommy says SURE.
I'D TAKE TWO WHOLE PIZZAS...
OR TWO WHOLE SANDWICHES.
WHY WOULD I WANT
A QUARTER OF ONE?
THAT IS JUST WEIRD.
Debbie and Doug stand holding their boxes open.
Otto says WHAT DOES A 25-CENT QUARTER
HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS?
Tommy says I'M NOT TALKING MONEY.
SEE, IF YOU HAVE A WHOLE CIRCLE
AND YOU CUT IT INTO
FOUR EQUAL PIECES, LIKE...
THE WAY THIS PIZZA
AND EGG SANDWICH WERE CUT,
EACH PIECE WOULD BE CALLED
A QUARTER, OR A FOURTH. SEE?
ONE, TWO, THREE,
FOUR QUARTERS.
Olive says WAIT A SECOND.
THE PIZZA AND SANDWICH
ARE ACTUALLY MISSING
TWO-QUARTERS EACH.
ONE, TWO.
TWO-QUARTERS.
Doug says SOUNDS LIKE A WEIRDO TO ME.
Debbie says YEAH. WHO WOULD STEAL
QUARTERS OF SOMETHING?
Tommy says I'M NOT ONE TO
POINT FINGERS, BUT...
Tommy shows a picture of Quarter Quinn.
The agents say QUARTER QUINN!
Doug says TO THE EGGMOBILE!
Tommy says COOL!
Later, in Doug's car, Tommy says NOT COOL.
Doug says YOU KNOW, JUST BECAUSE
IT'S CALLED AN EGGMOBILE
DOESN'T MEAN IT HAS
TO BE SHAPED LIKE IN EGG.
Debbie says IT DOES.
Olive says IT KIND OF DOES.
(all speaking at once)
Doug says ALL RIGHT, NO WORRIES.
DELIVERY DOUG IS GOING TO CHEER
YOU GUYS UP WITH SOME TUNES.
(electronic dance music plays)
I RECORDED THIS ONE WITH MY MOM.
A song plays MY DOUGIE MAKES
AN EGG SALAD ON A BUN
Next, they all approach Quarter Quinn, who is packing boxes into the back of a car. She wears clothes with patterns split in half.
The agents say ODD SQUAD! ODD SQUAD!
STOP RIGHT THERE!
Quarter Quinn says WHOA! THERE'S NOTHING
ODD GOING ON HERE.
I'M JUST TRYING TO LEAVE TOWN
AS FAST AS POSSIBLE
WITHOUT TELLING ANYONE.
Debbie says OR MAYBE YOU'RE LEAVING
BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN STEALING
PIECES OF MY PIZZA.
Doug says OR MY EGG SALAD SANDWICHES?
Quarter Quinn says EW!
Doug says I THINK SHE'S TALKING TO YOU.
Debbie whispers I REALLY DON'T THINK SO.
Quarter Quinn says GUYS, MY NAME IS QUARTER QUINN.
WHEN I STEAL THINGS -
AND I'M NOT SAYING I DO -
BUT WHEN I DO, IT'S ONLY A
QUARTER SOMETHING.
WHOEVER DID THIS IS INTO
TWO-QUARTERS, OR TWO-FOURTHS.
The agents say WHAT...?
Doug, Debbie and Tommy say YEAH, WHAT THEY SAID.
Quarter Quinn says IF YOU'VE GOT FOUR
EQUAL PIECES OF SOMETHING,
TWO-QUARTERS IS THE SAME
THING AS SAYING TWO-FOURTHS.
Olive says WHAT IF QUINN IS RIGHT?
LOOK, ONE FOURTH HERE,
ANOTHER FOURTH HERE.
THAT'S TWO-FOURTHS.
ONE QUARTER HERE,
ANOTHER QUARTER HERE.
THAT'S TWO-QUARTERS.
SAME.
Quarter Quinn says TWO-QUARTERS
AIN'T MY SCENE.
BESIDES, I'VE BEEN
HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. SEE?
TWO-QUARTERS OF
THIS CLOCK ARE MISSING.
Debbie says BUT IF IT WASN'T HER, THEN WHO?
Quarter Quinn says I'M NOT ONE TO
POINT FINGERS BUT...
Quarter Quinn shows a picture of a stool.
Olive says WHO'S THAT?
Quarter Quinn says NOBODY 'CAUSE I HAVE NO IDEA!
Doug says WELL, WHOEVER DID THIS,
WE'RE NOT GOING TO FIND THEM
STANDING AROUND HERE.
Debbie says OH, NO WAY. I'M DONE.
I'M NOT GETTING BACK
INTO THAT THING.
Doug says I EGG YOUR PARDON?
Debbie says DON'T START,
DOUG. HONESTLY.
Doug says START?!
Debbie says YOU KNOW WHAT, DOUG?
Doug says I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU.
Debbie says I CAN'T DEAL WITH IT.
YOU YAP. YOU TALK...
Doug says DEAL WITH WHAT?
Otto says HEY, HEY! SHH!
OLIVE, LOOK.
THE TWO PIECES SLID TOGETHER
TO MAKE A HALF CIRCLE.
Olive says I THINK YOU'RE
ONTO SOMETHING, PARTNER.
THE PIZZA AND SANDWICH
BOTH HAD TWO-QUARTERS,
OR TWO-FOURTHS, MISSING.
BUT WHEN YOU PUT THE
TWO REMAINING FOURTHS,
OR QUARTERS TOGETHER,
IT EQUALS ONE HALF OF A WHOLE.
Debbie says WEIRD - THE GUY THAT
SOLD ME MY PIZZA BOXES
WAS HAVING A HALF-PRICE SALE.
Doug says VERY WEIRD
BECAUSE THE GUY THAT SOLD ME
MY EGG SALAD SANDWICH BOXES
WAS ALSO HAVING
A HALF-PRICE SALE.
Quarter Quinn says SAME GOES FOR MY MOVING BOXES.
Tommy says I DON'T HAVE ANY BOXES,
BUT IF I DID, I BET THE SAME
THING WOULD HAVE HAPPENED TO ME.
Olive says LOOK, ALL THE BOXES
ARE FROM THE SAME PLACE.
I THINK WE NEED
TO PAY A VISIT TO THE...
BOX MASTER.
Debbie says HIS NAME'S KEITH.
Olive says YEAH, OKAY.
Doug says TO THE EGGMOBILE!
Quarter Quinn says OOH!
THAT SOUNDS LIKE FUN.
Later, in Doug's car, Quarter Quinn says WHEN YOU SAID EGGMOBILE...
Doug says UNLESS YOU'RE KICKING
IN GAS MONEY,
I DON'T EVEN WANT TO HEAR IT.
BUT WHAT YOU WILL WANT
TO HEAR IS MY NEW SLOW JAM.
A song plays BABY...
Doug sings BABY, YOU BROKE MY HEART
DON'T BE EGGING ME ON
I WANT TO GET BACK
TO THE START
Otto says YOU KNOW, I ACTUALLY
KIND OF LIKE THIS ONE.
Doug says YES!
Now, they all stand next to Keith. He wears a green shirt and a tie.
Keith says I'M SORRY, I HAD NO IDEA
MY BOXES WERE MAKING
HALF OF EVERYTHING DISAPPEAR
BECAUSE THEY WERE HALF-PRICE.
Otto says YEAH.
Keith says SERVES ME RIGHT FOR BUYING
A PRICE STICKER
MACHINE FROM A WIZARD.
He throws the price sticker into the garbage.
Doug says UGH.
Keith says FROM NOW ON, MY BOXES...
ARE FULL PRICE.
He removes an ad from the wall.
Debbie and Doug open their boxes and the food is complete.
They all cheer and say YES!
Otto says YEAH!
HIGH-FIVE!
Debbie says UH, DOUG,
I KNOW I GAVE YOU A
HARD TIME ABOUT THE EGGMOBILE,
BUT, UH, WELL, THANKS FOR
DRIVING US AROUND TODAY.
Doug says THANKS FOR SAYING THANKS.
Debbie says WELL, YEAH.
Olive says IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU
GETTING ALONG.
Otto says YEAH, MAYBE YOU TWO
SHOULD TRY TO WORK TOGETHER.
Debbie says MAYBE WE SHOULD.
Doug says MAYBE WE SHOULD.
Debbie and Doug appear in a commercial.
Debbie says YOU EVER TAKE A BITE
OF PIZZA AND THINK,
"WELL, THIS IS
MISSING SOMETHING"?
Doug says I GUARANTEE YOU THAT SOMETHING
IS AN EGG SALAD SANDWICH.
Debbie says WHICH IS WHY
WE'RE BRINGING YOU
ALL THE GOOEY GOODNESS
OF MY PIZZA...
Doug says AND ALL THE TEXTURE TASTINESS
OF MY EGG SALAD SANDWICH.
Debbie says AND PUTTING THEM TOGETHER.
(audience oohing)
Debbie sings CALL DELIVERY DEBBIE
Doug sings AND DELIVERY DOUG
They sing WE'VE GOT PIZZA
WITH EGG SALAD
YOU CAN EAT IT HOT OR COLD
IT TASTES LIKE CHUNKY GOLD
The agents and Big O watch the commercial.
Olive says WHEN WE SAID WORK TOGETHER,
THAT'S NOT WHAT WE HAD IN MIND.
Big O says YOU TWO BETTER
START WORKING TOGETHER
TO GET RID OF ALL THESE FREE
EGG SALAD PIZZAS THEY GAVE US.
In the commercial, Doug says YOU'VE GOT TO GET SOME EGG.
YOU'VE GOTTA...
ARE YOU GETTING THE EGG?
Debbie tries to eat a large folded pizza.
Debbie says I'M GETTING THE EGG!
Doug says YOU GETTING THE EGG?
Debbie says LOVE IT!
Olive says BREATHE THROUGH YOUR MOUTH.
Olive and Otto eat folded pizzas.
A song plays EGGS
ALL I REALLY WANT IS EGGS
MIXING MAYO IN MY EGGS
NOW PUT IT ON SOME BRE-AD
NOW YOU'VE HEARD WHAT
DELIVERY DOUG SAID
Otto says I'M GOING TO BE SICK.
An animation shows the Odd Squad Headquarters tower.
An Announcer says WELCOME TO HEADQUARTERS -
THE BREAKROOM PART TWO.
Oksana wears glasses, a dress and a white apron.
Oksana says WELCOME TO THE BREAKROOM.
MY NAME IS OKSANA
AND THIS IS WHERE AGENTS COME
TO ENJOY THE FOOD I MAKE.
IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING,
THE ACTUAL KITCHEN IS
98 FLOORS DOWN FROM HERE...
AND THERE'S NO
ELEVATOR OR STAIRS,
BUT I HAVE A CLIMBING ROPE.
ODD SQUAD AGENTS HAVE
QUITE THE APPETITE,
SO I MAKE ALL SORTS
OF FOOD FOR THEM,
LIKE THIS HAM AND
PUDDING SANDWICH...
THIS BROCCOLI PUDDING SOUP...
OR THIS PIZZA.
IT'S ACTUALLY MADE OF PUDDING.
THE OTHER GREAT THING ABOUT IT -
IF TWO AGENTS
ARE IN THE BREAKROOM
WHO WANT TO SHARE THIS PIZZA,
IT CAN BE SPLIT IN HALF.
Oksana shoots a laser to cut the pizza.
Oksana continues ONE, TWO - TWO EQUAL PARTS.
HALVES.
BUT WHAT IF THERE ARE FOUR
HUNGRY AGENTS IN THE BREAKROOM
AND I DON'T HAVE
ANOTHER PIZZA READY?
NOT TO WORRY. THE PIZZA
CAN BE DIVIDED INTO FOURTHS.
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR - FOURTHS.
BUT LET'S SAY THERE ARE EIGHT
HUNGRY AGENTS IN THE BREAKROOM
AND I DON'T HAVE ANOTHER PIZZA
BECAUSE I'VE FALLEN ASLEEP
ON ACCOUNT OF PREPARING
975 MEALS FOR BREAKFAST?
NOT TO WORRY. PIZZA CAN EVEN
BE DIVIDED INTO EIGHTHS.
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE,
SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT - EIGHTHS.
IT'S NOT THE BEST
JOB IN THE WORLD,
BUT AT LEAST THEY LET ME
PLAY MY OWN MUSIC.
Oksana dances to hip hop music.
The end credits roll.
Kirsty says NOW THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT
FRACTIONS AS PART OF SETS,
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE
A LOOK AT FRACTIONS
AS PART OF WHOLE THINGS.
SO, WE KNOW WE USE FRACTIONS TO
DESCRIBE PARTS OF SOMETHING
AND SOMETIMES WE
USE FRACTIONS TO DESCRIBE
LITTLE PARTS OF A BIG GROUP
AND SOMETIMES WE USE
FRACTIONS TO DESCRIBE
A BIG THING THAT WE'VE
CUT INTO LITTLE PARTS.
SO, I'VE BROUGHT MY
BIG CIRCLE RIGHT HERE
AND I CAN CALL THIS CIRCLE
ONE WHOLE CIRCLE -
THAT MEANS IT'S
THE ENTIRE THING.
She sticks a blue circle onto a blank piece of paper on the board.
She continues AND SO, FOR MY ONE WHOLE CIRCLE,
RIGHT NOW, IT'S NOT
DIVIDED UP AT ALL.
RIGHT NOW, I HAVEN'T CUT IT
INTO ANY KIND OF A FRACTION.
BUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO
IS WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON
CUTTING THESE INTO FRACTIONS.
I CAN TAKE A WHOLE AND,
IF I CUT IT INTO TWO PARTS,
EACH PART IS A HALF
OF THAT CIRCLE.
SO, THERE'S ONE HALF
AND THERE'S ANOTHER HALF
AND THAT MAKES THE WHOLE CIRCLE.
WHEN I LOOK AT THE FRACTION... ..ONE-HALF,
WE KNOW IT MEANS I HAVE
ONE OUT OF TWO PIECES.
IF I WERE TO PUT THIS ONE BACK,
I WOULD HAVE TWO-HALVES,
WHICH MEANS I HAVE TWO OUT OF
TWO PIECES OR OUT OF TWO PARTS.
SO, DEPENDING ON HOW I
PUT THE PIECES TOGETHER,
I CAN USE DIFFERENT FRACTIONS
TO REPRESENT THAT.
IF I KEEP LOOKING AT MY CIRCLE,
I CAN START CUTTING IT
INTO OTHER SIZES, TOO.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE,
IF I HAVE MY CIRCLE
AND I CUT IT
INTO THREE SECTIONS,
EACH OF THOSE SECTIONS
WOULD BE ONE-THIRD.
RIGHT NOW,
I DON'T HAVE ONE-THIRD.
I HAVE ONE, TWO, THREE THIRDS-
THE WHOLE FRACTION.
I HAVE THREE PARTS.
I HAVE THREE OUT OF THREE PARTS.
SO, I WOULD NOT DESCRIBE
THAT AS ONE-THIRD.
IF I HAVE THIS MUCH,
NOW I HAVE ONE-THIRD.
I HAVE ONE PIECE OUT OF A CIRCLE
THAT WAS CUT
INTO THREE SECTIONS.
THE LAST ONE I'M GOING
TO SHOW YOU RIGHT NOW.
AND YOU CAN CUT THINGS
INTO MANY MORE PIECES
THAN I'M SHOWING
YOU RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE NOT GONNA GET
ANY SMALLER THAN THESE.
THESE ARE A FRACTION THAT
IS A LITTLE BIT ANNOYING
'CAUSE THEY HAVE TWO DIFFERENT
NAMES PEOPLE CALL THEM.
WHEN YOU CUT SOMETHING
INTO FOUR PARTS,
SOMETIMES PEOPLE
CALL THEM 'FOURTHS'
AND SOMETIMES PEOPLE
CALL THEM 'QUARTERS'.
I LIKE TO USE THE WORD 'QUARTER'
BECAUSE ONE OF THE
THINGS I CAN VISUALIZE,
I CAN PICTURE IN MY HEAD
WHEN I SAY 'QUARTER' IS MONEY,
AND I KNOW FOUR QUARTERS
MAKE ONE WHOLE DOLLAR.
SO, IT'S A WAY I CAN HELP
REMEMBER WHAT QUARTERS ARE
AND HOW QUARTERS WORK.
FOUR OF THOSE
MAKE A WHOLE DOLLAR.
THEY'RE A FRACTION OF A DOLLAR.
SO, A QUARTER IS
WHEN I TAKE SOMETHING,
I CUT IT INTO FOUR PARTS.
RIGHT NOW, MY CIRCLE
REPRESENTS FOUR QUARTERS
BECAUSE I HAVE ALL
FOUR PIECES THERE.
WE'RE GOING TO DO A LITTLE BIT
OF DRAWING TOGETHER.
SO, MAKE SURE
YOU'VE GOT YOUR PAPER
AND YOUR PENCIL
OR PEN OR MARKER HANDY.
AND WE'RE GONNA PRACTICE DRAWING
SOME FRACTIONS TOGETHER.
SO, FRACTIONS CAN BE ALL
DIFFERENT SHAPES.
A LOT OF THE TIME,
YOU'LL SEE FRACTIONS
REPRESENTED AS CIRCLES.
I THINK IT'S BECAUSE PIZZAS ARE
AN EASY THING TO IMAGINE -
THEY'RE SOMETHING THAT WE SEE
THAT'S CUT UP INTO PIECES -
OR PIES, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO
BE A CIRCLE THAT YOU CUT UP.
WE'RE GONNA WORK WITH
DRAWING SOME FRACTIONS
IN DIFFERENT WAYS TOGETHER.
SO, I'M GONNA TAKE
ALL OF THESE OFF.
SO, THERE'S MY WHOLE,
THERE ARE MY FRACTIONS.
I CAN ALSO MAKE FRACTIONS
OUT OF DIFFERENT SHAPES.
I HAVE THESE LITTLE RED MAGNETS
HERE THAT ARE RECTANGLES.
I COULD MAKE ONE BIG RECTANGLE
OUT OF THESE THREE PIECES.
THIS IS THE WHOLE THING.
AND EACH ONE OF THESE
WOULD BE ONE-THIRD
BECAUSE IT'S DIVIDED INTO THREE.
SO, WE'RE GONNA DO SOME PRACTICE
AND WE'RE GONNA REMEMBER
TO COLOUR THINGS IN,
SO THAT WE CAN REPRESENT THEM.
I ALREADY HAVE TWO
FRACTIONS DRAWN UP HERE,
SO LET'S START WITH THOSE.
I DREW THE FRACTION,
I WROTE ONE-HALF,
WHICH MEANS I HAVE ONE
OUT OF TWO PIECES
OR ONE OUT OF TWO PARTS.
LET'S DRAW-- AND THIS IS DRAWING
FOR MATH, NOT DRAWING FOR ART,
SO DON'T WORRY
IF IT'S NOT PERFECT.
SO, LET'S DRAW A CIRCLE.
AND WE'RE GONNA CUT
THAT CIRCLE IN HALF.
MY HALVES ARE NOT PERFECT.
DON'T WORRY IF YOUR
HALVES ARE NOT PERFECT.
WE DON'T HAVE TO
HAVE IT EXACTLY RIGHT.
NOW, I CUT MY CIRCLE IN HALF,
BUT, RIGHT NOW, THIS PICTURE
DOES NOT SHOW ONE-HALF.
SO, I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT
WHY DOESN'T THAT
PICTURE SHOW ONE-HALF.
WELL, THE REASON IT
DOESN'T SHOW ONE-HALF
IS THAT BOTH HALVES
ARE THE SAME RIGHT NOW.
SO, THERE'S NOTHING DIFFERENT.
RIGHT NOW, THIS FRACTION
SHOWS TWO-HALVES,
LIKE THIS ONE OVER HERE.
I HAVE TWO-HALVES.
ONE WAY I CAN HELP
SHOW WHICH PART I HAVE
IS TO ACTUALLY COLOUR IT IN.
SO, I'M GONNA COLOUR IN...
AND NOW, I CAN SAY...
ONE OUT OF TWO PARTS
OR ONE-HALF IS COLOURED IN.
SO, THAT'S A WAY I CAN
REPRESENT ONE-HALF.
I COULD SAY...
I COULD COLOUR THIS IN.
IT MIGHT BE HARD TO
SEE THE HALVES.
OR I COULD JUST SAY TWO OUT OF
TWO PARTS ARE NOT COLOURED IN.
THAT'S AN EASY WAY
TO MAKE IT MATCH.
WE'RE GOING TO DRAW...
LET'S DRAW A SQUARE.
REMEMBER,
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE PERFECT.
LET'S DRAW A SQUARE
AND WE'RE GONNA CUT OUR
SQUARE INTO FOUR PARTS.
SO, IF YOU WANT TO WATCH ME
TO SEE HOW I DO THAT,
THERE'S A COUPLE DIFFERENT
WAYS YOU COULD DO IT.
I COULD CUT IT IN HALF
FROM TOP TO BOTTOM
AND IN HALF FROM SIDE-TO-SIDE
AND THAT'S GONNA
GIVE ME FOUR PARTS.
SO, RIGHT NOW,
I JUST HAVE FOUR PARTS.
I HAVEN'T COLOURED ANY OF THEM
IN TO REPRESENT A FRACTION.
I WOULD LIKE YOU
TO SHADE YOURS IN,
SO THAT YOU REPRESENT
THREE OUT OF FOUR
PARTS ARE COLOURED.
SO, TAKE A MINUTE, AND IN YOUR
BOOK OR ON YOUR PAPER,
I'D LIKE YOU TO COLOUR YOURS
SO THAT THREE OUT OF FOUR
PARTS ARE COLOURED IN.
SO, IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE ONE...
TWO... THREE.
SO, I COULD SAY
THREE OUT OF FOUR...
ARE COLOURED.
AND I COULD ACTUALLY
WRITE A SECOND FRACTION
TO TELL ABOUT THIS BECAUSE
I COULD WRITE A FRACTION
TO TELL ABOUT THE PARTS
THAT ARE NOT COLOURED IN.
SO, I'D LIKE YOU TO WRITE DOWN
WHAT FRACTION IS
NOT COLOURED IN
OUT OF THIS ONE RIGHT HERE.
LET'S CHECK IT OUT.
I'M GOING TO COUNT.
ONE OUT OF...
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR.
THERE'S STILL
FOUR PARTS ALTOGETHER.
ONE OUT OF FOUR...
ARE NOT COLOURED.
NICE JOB. I WANT YOU TO
THINK ABOUT THE FRACTION
WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT
WHEN PEOPLE GET MIXED UP ABOUT,
IN THE FRACTION, WHAT YOU HAVE,
MY THREE TELLS ABOUT
THE COLOURED PART -
THAT'S HOW MANY PARTS I HAVE
THAT ARE COLOURED.
THE FOUR TELLS ABOUT HOW MANY
PIECES I CUT THAT BOX INTO.
OVER HERE, MY ONE TELLS ABOUT
HOW MANY PARTS
ARE NOT COLOURED IN.
AND MY FOUR TELLS ABOUT HOW MANY
PIECES THERE ARE ALTOGETHER.
ONE OUT OF FOUR PIECES
ARE NOT COLOURED IN.
LET'S TRY ANOTHER ONE TOGETHER.
LET'S DO, UH...
LET'S DO A RECTANGLE.
I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A NUMBER
THAT'S A LITTLE
TRICKY TO DO EVENLY.
WE'RE GONNA CUT THIS
INTO THREE SECTIONS.
SO, TWO LINES-- ACTUALLY,
I DID THAT MUCH NEATER THAN
I WAS EXPECTING TO DO IT.
SO, WE'RE GONNA PUT
INTO THREE SECTIONS.
AND WE ARE GOING TO...
HMM. I'M GOING TO COLOUR IT IN
AND I'M GOING TO
DO IT IN A SNEAKY WAY.
I'M GOING TO COLOUR THIS ONE
AND I'M GOING TO
COLOUR THIS ONE.
She colours the fractions at both ends.
She continues SO, I'D LIKE YOU TO
THINK ABOUT, IN YOUR BOOK,
WRITE DOWN WHAT
FRACTION IS COLOURED IN
THAT I JUST DREW.
WHAT FRACTION OF MY
RECTANGLE IS COLOURED IN?
I MADE IT A LITTLE BIT TRICKY
BECAUSE I DID NOT PUT THE
COLOURED IN PARTS SIDE-BY-SIDE.
SO, THAT MAKES IT
A LITTLE BIT HARDER,
BUT I CAN STILL COUNT THAT ONE,
TWO PARTS ARE COLOURED IN.
SO, I COULD SAY TWO OUT OF...
ONE, TWO, THREE...
TWO-THIRDS ARE COLOURED IN.
AND I JUST-- I KNOW I SAID WE
WERE NOT DOING ANY ART,
BUT THIS JUST MADE ME THINK
ALMOST DRAWN...
I JUST GONNA
TURN IT INTO SOME ART
AND I CAN MAKE A
LITTLE CANADIAN FLAG.
LET'S TRY ONE MORE TOGETHER.
ALL RIGHT,
LET'S DO ANOTHER CIRCLE.
WE'RE GONNA CUT OUR
CIRCLE INTO FOUR PARTS.
SO, A LINE FROM TOP TO BOTTOM,
A LINE FROM SIDE-TO-SIDE.
AND I WOULD LIKE YOU TO COLOUR
IN TWO-QUARTERS OF YOUR CIRCLE.
SO, TWO OUT OF FOUR PARTS
ARE COLOURED IN.
TWO OUT OF FOUR PARTS...
ALL RIGHT, FINISHED
COLOURING YOURS IN?
I'M GONNA COLOUR MINE AND
LET'S SEE IF WE MATCH.
SO, I'M GOING TO GO
ONE... TWO.
SO, I COLOURED IN TWO
OUT OF ONE, TWO, THREE,
FOUR PARTS ALTOGETHER.
SO, TWO-QUARTERS
ARE COLOURED IN.
HMM. WHAT FRACTION DESCRIBES
THE PART THAT'S NOT COLOURED IN?
I NOTICE THAT THE SAME AMOUNT IS
COLOURED AND NOT COLOURED.
SO, EVEN WITHOUT COUNTING, I
KNOW TWO-QUARTERS IS COLOURED
AND TWO-QUARTERS
IS NOT COLOURED.
SOME OF YOU MIGHT HAVE NOTICED
SOMETHING REALLY FUNNY, TOO,
WHICH IS THAT MY TWO QUARTERS
ACTUALLY TAKE UP
HALF OF THE SHAPES.
SO, TWO-QUARTERS IS
ANOTHER WAY TO SAY A HALF.
BUT THAT'S A WHOLE
OTHER THING ABOUT FRACTIONS.
MAYBE WE'LL WORK
ON THAT TOGETHER LATER.
WE'RE GOING TO WATCH
ANOTHER VIDEO TOGETHER
AND THIS VIDEO'S GOING TO SHOW
YOU SOME DIFFERENT PLACES
WE CAN SEE FRACTIONS
BESIDES MATH CLASS.
SO, SIT BACK, LET'S WATCH
A VIDEO TOGETHER
AND WE'LL DO A COUPLE
MORE ACTIVITIES.
A clip plays.
(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.
Mathematician 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.
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 IT'S NOT A TRICK,
IT'S MATHXPLOSION
JUST FOR YOU,
COOL AND NEW, MATHXPLOSION!
Eric stands in a workroom. He unrolls earphones, plugs them in and listens to music.
(dance beat playing)
Eric sings HEY, DID YOU KNOW
SONGS ARE FULL OF FRACTIONS?
I WONDER IF YOU KNEW
IF YOU EVER WROTE A SONG
IT'S MATH THROUGH
AND THROUGH
THE LENGTH OF EVERY NOTE
IS A FRACTION OF THE BEAT
LIKE A WHOLE NOTE,
A HALF NOTE
A QUARTER NOTE, NEAT
A WHOLE NOTE'S THE LONGEST
AND LASTS THE WHOLE BAR
TWO HALVES MAKE A WHOLE
ARE YOU WITH ME SO FAR?
FOUR QUARTERS IN A WHOLE
KEEP THINGS GROOVING ALONG
'CAUSE, FRIENDS,
WITHOUT FRACTIONS
THERE'D BE NO SONGS
Next, he says DID YOU KNOW THAT,
JUST LIKE MATH,
MUSIC USES COUNTING,
PATTERNS AND FRACTIONS?
Animated pentagrams appear.
He continues SONGS HAVE SECTIONS CALLED BARS
AND EACH BAR HAS
DIFFERENT TYPES OF NOTES.
YOU HEAR SOME
TYPES OF NOTES A LOT...
(single note sounding)...
He blows a whistle.
He continues LIKE WHOLE NOTES
PLAYED FOR A WHOLE BAR...
(note sounding twice)...
HALF NOTES
PLAYED FOR TWO BEATS...
(note sounding four times)...
AND QUARTER NOTES
PLAYED FOR ONE BEAT.
IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW QUICKLY
OR SLOWLY YOU PLAY A SONG,
IF IT HAS 4-4 TIME SIGNATURE,
WHICH MEANS FOUR
QUARTER NOTES IN EACH BAR,
YOU CAN PLAY TWO HALF NOTES
OR FOUR QUARTER NOTES
IN THE SAME TIME IT TAKES
TO PLAY ONE WHOLE NOTE.
Notes flash in the pentagrams.
He continues IT'S ALL ABOUT FRACTIONS.
THERE'S SO MANY STYLES
OF MUSIC OUT THERE
AND THEY ALL USE WHOLE,
HALF AND QUARTER NOTES,
AND THEY'RE ALL ABOUT THE
RHYTHM ABOUT FRACTIONS.
LET ME SHOW YOU HOW TO DO IT.
He snaps and an animated metronome clicks steadily.
He continues YOU HEAR THE METRONOME?
MUSICIANS USE THEM ALL THE TIME
TO KEEP A STEADY BEAT.
LET ME SHOW YOU.
(dance beat playing)
WHOLE NOTES ONE, ONE
HALF NOTES, ONE, TWO
QUARTER NOTES ONE,
TWO, THREE, FOUR
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR
LISTEN TO THE SOUND OF FOUR
QUARTERS AS A START
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR ONE,
TWO, THREE, FOUR
He sings A SONG IS A SUM
OF ALL ITS PARTS
(exhaling sharply)
QUARTER, QUARTER,
QUARTER, QUARTER
HALF, HALF
WHOLE
NOW YOU'RE COUNTING TIME
QUARTER, QUARTER,
QUARTER, QUARTER
HALF, HALF
WHOLE
NOW YOU'RE KEEPING THE TIME
On a blackboard, Eric draws a circle and colours it inside. He taps on it and a new clip plays. It features an animation of a woman singing opera.
He says SINGING A WHOLE LOT OF WHOLE
NOTES CAN BE POWERFUL.
IT'S TRUE THAT A SINGER CAN
SHATTER A CRYSTAL GLASS
BY SINGING A LOUD NOTE
FOR A LONG TIME.
THE NOTE DOESN'T
HAVE TO BE HIGH.
IT JUST NEEDS TO HAVE
THE SAME FREQUENCY
AS THE NOTE YOU WOULD GET IF YOU
TAPPED THE GLASS WITH A FORK.
THE SINGER'S VOICE CAN MAKE
THE GLASS VIBRATE THEN SHATTER.
BOOM!
SO, WHY NOT WRITE YOUR OWN
SONGS, BE YOUR OWN DJ,
OR FORM A BAND WITH
FAMILY AND FRIENDS?
START WITH A BASIC BEAT
AND SPIN THOSE WHOLE,
HALF AND QUARTER NOTES.
MUSIC WITH FRACTIONS -
IT'S NOT MAGIC...
In a high-pitch, he says IT'S MATH.
(making record scratching noise)
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.
Kirsty says I HOPE YOU HAD FUN WATCHING
THAT VIDEO FROM
MATHXPLOSION.
IT SHOWED US SOME DIFFERENT WAYS
THAT WE CAN SEE FRACTIONS
IN OUR EVERYDAY LIFE.
ONE OF THE MOST COMMON
PLACES IS IN MUSIC.
MUSIC IS ALL
MADE UP OF FRACTIONS.
I LOVE MATH,
BUT I ALSO LOVE MUSIC A LOT.
WE'RE GONNA TAKE AT HOW
FRACTIONS PLAY OUT
IN MUSIC QUICKLY.
A pentagram with the fraction four quarters appears on the piece of paper behind her.
She continues WHEN I LOOK AT A MUSICAL STAFF,
ONE THE FIRST THINGS I SEE
IS MY TIME SIGNATURE.
IT SAYS FOUR OUT OF FOUR,
SO THAT MEANS THERE
ARE FOUR BEATS
AND THEY'RE ALL GONNA
BE QUARTER NOTES.
WHAT I NEED TO KNOW IS,
IT ALWAYS HAS TO ADD UP
TO FOUR IN EACH BAR.
SO, I'M GONNA TRY SOME DIFFERENT
WAYS TO MAKE FOUR BEATS.
DIFFERENT BEATS,
DIFFERENT NOTES ARE HELD FOR A
DIFFERENT LENGTH OF TIME.
SO, I CAN HAVE...
COLOURED IN,
THAT'S A QUARTER NOTE.
IT LASTS FOR ONE BEAT.
I CAN HAVE NOT COLOURED IN,
BUT WITH A STICK -
THAT'S A HALF NOTE AND IT
LASTS FOR TWO BEATS.
IT'S THE SAME AS TWO QUARTERS.
OR I CAN HAVE A WHOLE NOTE
AND IT LASTS FOR THE WHOLE
THING - FOUR BEATS LONG.
SO, LET'S TRY IT OUT.
I'M GONNA START BY MAKING
SOME QUARTER NOTES.
SO, LET'S SEE, I'M GONNA
GO ONE QUARTER NOTE.
SO, THAT'S ONE BEAT AND I KNOW I
NEED FOUR BEATS ALTOGETHER
TO FILL THE WHOLE THING.
TWO, THREE...
FOUR.
She draws four notes and says SO, ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR
OUT OF FOUR BEATS.
SO, I'VE GOT MY FOUR
OUT OF FOUR IN THERE.
THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS, THOUGH,
THAT I CAN MAKE
THOSE FOUR BEATS.
I CAN ALSO USE THINGS LIKE MY
HALF NOTES OR MY WHOLE NOTE.
I'M GOING TO USE A
HALF NOTE THIS TIME,
AND A HALF NOTE LASTS
FOR TWO BEATS.
SO, IF I WERE TO SING, A
QUARTER NOTE WOULD BE LIKE...
AH, AH, AH, AH
A HALF NOTE WOULD BE LIKE...
AH, AH
SO, LASTS FOR TWO BEATS.
AND THEN A WHOLE NOTE WOULD
LAST FOR FOUR BEATS.
AH...
SO, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT HOW
I CAN USE A HALF NOTE...
LET'S SEE...
MY HALF NOTE'S GOING TO BE TWO.
AND THEN, I'M GOING
TO USE A QUARTER
AND A QUARTER.
SO, I'VE GOT TWO BEATS PLUS
ONE BEAT PLUS ONE BEAT
AND THAT EQUALS
MY FOUR OUT OF FOUR.
I'M GONNA TRY TO BE
REALLY FAST ON THE LAST ONE.
I'M ACTUALLY GOING
TO USE MY WHOLE NOTE
AND MY WHOLE NOTE
LASTS FOR FOUR BEATS.
SO, IF I COUNT IT...
AH...
IT LASTS THE WHOLE THING,
THAT IS FOUR OUT OF FOUR
AND I DON'T EVEN HALF
TO DO ANYTHING ELSE.
MUSIC IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF
WHERE WE CAN FIND FRACTIONS
IN OUR EVERYDAY LIFE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR JOINING ME TODAY
AND DOING SOME WORK
ON FRACTIONS WITH ME.
I HOPE ALL OF OUR ACTIVITIES
HAVE HELPED YOU UNDERSTAND
A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT
WHAT FRACTIONS ARE,
HOW WE CAN MAKE THEM,
AND HOW WE CAN USE THEM TO
REPRESENT DIFFERENT THINGS.
HOPEFULLY,
WHEN YOU GET BACK TO SCHOOL,
MAYBE FRACTIONS WILL BE
NOT SO CONFUSING
AND YOU'LL UNDERSTAND
THEM A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
I HOPE YOU HAD FUN WATCHING
THE DIFFERENT EPISODES.
IF YOU GET A CHANCE, HOP ON
OVER TO THE TVOKIDS WEBSITE
AND THERE'S LOTS OF
GREAT GAMES ON THERE,
INCLUDING SOME
THAT WILL HELP YOU
PRACTICE FRACTIONS
A LITTLE BIT MORE.
A caption reads "TOVKids.com."
She concludes MY NAME IS KRISTY
AND I WAS REALLY GLAD
TO BE YOUR TEACHER TODAY.
I HOPE TO SEE YOU
AGAIN ON ANOTHER
TVOKIDS POWER HOUR OF LEARNING
ANOTHER DAY.
HAVE A WONDERFUL
REST OF YOUR DAY,
STAY SAFE,
AND WE'LL SEE YOU SOON.
The caption changes to "TVO Kids would like to thank the following volunteer teacher for teaching the children of Ontario from their homes: James Bambury, Kenisha Bynoe, Spencer de Man, Joel Seaman, Kristy Tait Angel, Vickita Bhatt, Amanda Cameron, Arianna Lambert, Cameron Steltman, Robert Vidler."
(soft music plays)
A caption reads "Copyright 2020, The Ontario Educational Communications Authority."
An animated title against a sunny sky reads "TVOKids Power Hour of Learning."
In off, Laura says WELCOME TO
TVOKIDS
POWER HOUR OF LEARNING.
TODAY'S PRIMARY LESSON:
BITS AND PIECES.
A caption reads "Primary I-3. Teacher Kristy." Kristy is in her late thirties, with short brown hair and bangs. She wears a gray sweater and a green headband. Two boards behind her read "Welcome" and "Keep Calm and Teach On."
Kristy says HI, MY NAME IS KRISTY AND I'M
REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE
WITH YOU TODAY FOR
TVOKIDS
POWER HOUR OF LEARNING.
WE'RE GOING TO BE LEARNING
ABOUT FRACTIONS TODAY.
SO, MAKE SURE YOU'VE GOT A
COMFORTABLE PLACE TO WORK,
A PENCIL OR SOMETHING ELSE TO
WRITE WITH
AND SOME PAPER TO PUT
DOWN SOME OF YOUR IDEAS.
WE'LL TAKE A BODY BREAK PARTWAY
THROUGH OUR EPISODE,
SO MAKE SURE YOU ALSO HAVE
A LITTLE BIT OF SPACE
TO MOVE AROUND
I CAN'T WAIT TO
WORK WITH YOU TODAY.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE LOTS OF FUN AND
DO LOTS OF LEARNING TOGETHER.
Now, she stands next to a whiteboard with a piece of paper.
She says SO, TODAY, OUR BIG IDEA
THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON IS
WHAT ARE FRACTIONS?
FRACTIONS ARE ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT PEOPLE OFTEN FIND
PRETTY TRICKY TO WORK
WITH IN MATH,
AND ONE OF THE REASONS
PEOPLE FIND IT SO TRICKY
IS THEY DON'T REALLY HAVE
A GOOD PICTURE IN THEIR HEAD
OF WHAT A FRACTION IS AND
WHAT IT'S TALKING ABOUT.
SO, A FRACTION IS A WAY WE CAN
TALK ABOUT A PART OF SOMETHING.
WE CAN USE A FRACTION TO TALK
ABOUT A PART OF A GROUP
OR WE CAN USE A FRACTION TO TALK
ABOUT A PART OF WHOLE THING
THAT'S BEEN CUT UP
INTO SMALLER PIECES.
AND WHEN WE WRITE A FRACTION,
WE ALWAYS WRITE IT
USING TWO NUMBERS.
SO, I'M GONNA WRITE DOWN...
I'M GONNA WRITE DOWN
THE NUMBER TWO-THIRDS.
SO, OUR TWO NUMBERS
THAT WE ALWAYS WRITE DOWN,
THERE'S A NUMBER ON THE TOP,
A LINE, AND THEN
THE NUMBER ON THE BOTTOM.
THE NUMBER ON THE TOP IS
CALLED THE NUMERATOR.
AND THE NUMBER ON THE BOTTOM
IS CALLED THE DENOMINATOR.
A REALLY IMPORTANT THING TO
KNOW ABOUT FRACTIONS IS
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
GETS PEOPLE MIXED UP IS
WHAT DO THEY HAVE IN A FRACTION.
AND IN THE FRACTION, IF YOU READ
IT A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY...
IF I JUST SAY TWO-THIRDS,
IT DOESN'T ALWAYS TELL ME
WHAT I WANT TO HEAR
OR WHAT I REALLY HAVE...
TO GET A PICTURE IN MY HEAD.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVE
IN OTHER COUNTRIES
THAT DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH,
THEY USE LANGUAGE TO DESCRIBE
FRACTIONS A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY.
AND IN CHINA, THE WAY
THEY WOULD READ A FRACTION
IS NOT TWO-THIRDS,
IT WOULD BE
"I HAVE TWO OUT OF THREE PARTS,"
WHICH IS A WAY
THAT MAKES YOU ABLE
TO SEE A FRACTION MUCH BETTER.
SO, THAT MEANS, WHEN THEY
READ IT, "I HAVE TWO,"
THAT'S A REALLY
IMPORTANT THING TO KNOW BECAUSE,
IN A FRACTION, YOU ONLY EVER
HAVE THE TOP PART.
SO, IF I HAVE TWO-THIRDS,
I ONLY HAVE TWO THINGS.
THE THIRD PART TELLS ME
HOW MUCH IT WAS CUT INTO
OR HOW MUCH THE GROUP
WAS ALTOGETHER.
SO, ONE IMPORTANT THING TO
REMEMBER WITH FRACTIONS IS
YOU'RE NEVER HOLDING THIS
BOTTOM NUMBER IN YOUR HAND.
IF I HAVE TWO-THIRDS, I DON'T
HAVE THREE THINGS IN MY HAND,
I HAVE TWO THINGS.
I HAVE TWO OUT OF THREE PARTS.
SO, WHEN WE USE
THE RIGHT KIND OF LANGUAGE
TO DESCRIBE FRACTIONS,
IT MAKES IT A LOT EASIER
TO UNDERSTAND THEN.
IF I TRIED ANOTHER FRACTION,
LET'S PRACTICE READING
THEM THIS WAY TOGETHER.
I'M GOING TO SWITCH COLOURS, SO
IT'S A LITTLE EASIER TO SEE.
SO, OUR NUMERATOR
IS WHAT WE HAVE
AND OUR DENOMINATOR IS THE
PARTS.
SO, LET ME TRY OVER HERE,
I'M GOING TO WRITE
THREE-QUARTERS
OR SOMETIMES PEOPLE READ
THIS AS THREE-FOURTHS -
THAT MEANS THE SAME THING.
BUT REALLY, WHAT IT MEANS IS
I HAVE THREE OUT OF FOUR PARTS.
SO, I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT
HOW MANY THINGS ARE
YOU HOLDING IN YOUR HAND?
IF YOU HAVE
THREE OUT OF FOUR PARTS,
IT SAYS RIGHT IN THERE,
"I HAVE THREE."
SO, IF YOU HAVE THREE-QUARTERS,
YOU'VE GOT THREE
PIECES OF SOMETHING.
THE FOUR TELLS ABOUT HOW MANY
PIECES THERE WERE ALTOGETHER.
LET'S TRY ANOTHER ONE TOGETHER
AND I'M GOING TO
WRITE DOWN A FRACTION
AND I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT
HOW MANY PIECES YOU HAVE
IF YOU HAVE THAT MANY.
SO, LET'S SEE.
I'M GOING TO WRITE DOWN...
ONE-HALF.
SO, ONE-HALF.
SO, I WANT YOU TO HOLD
UP A FINGER TO SHOW ME,
DO YOU HAVE ONE THING OR
DO YOU HAVE TWO THINGS?
'CAUSE THERE'S A NUMBER ONE AND
A NUMBER TWO IN THIS FRACTION.
LET'S READ IT TOGETHER
AND CHECK AND SEE.
I HAVE ONE OUT OF TWO PARTS.
SO, IF YOU SAID YOU HAVE
ONE THING, GOOD JOB.
LET'S TRY ANOTHER ONE TOGETHER.
I'M GONNA KEEP
SWITCHING MARKER COLOURS,
SO I DON'T GET CONFUSED.
ALL RIGHT, HMM...
I'M GOING TO PUT DOWN
TWO-QUARTERS
OR TWO-FOURTHS.
SO, I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT,
WHAT DO YOU HAVE?
DO YOU HAVE TWO THINGS OR DO YOU
HAVE FOUR THINGS?
LET'S READ IT
TOGETHER AND CHECK.
I HAVE TWO OUT OF FOUR,
SO I HAVE TWO.
IF YOU HAVE TWO-QUARTERS, THAT
MEANS YOU'VE GOT TWO THINGS.
SO, WE'RE GOING TO REMEMBER,
WHEN WE LOOK AT A FRACTION,
THE NUMBER OF OBJECTS THAT
THAT FRACTION REPRESENTS,
THE TOP NUMBER TELLS ABOUT HOW
MANY YOU ACTUALLY HAVE.
THE BOTTOM NUMBER
TELLS YOU ABOUT
HOW MANY PARTS
SOMETHING WAS CUT INTO
OR HOW MANY OBJECTS
THERE WERE ALTOGETHER.
WE'RE GOING TO PRACTICING A FEW
DIFFERENT THINGS TOGETHER TODAY.
WE'RE GONNA START BY LOOKING AT
FRACTIONS AS PART OF A SET.
SO, I'M GOING TO SEND YOU TO
WATCH AN EPISODE OF
16 HUDSON
AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT
THE KIDS ARE PLAYING A GAME
ON TEAMS AND THE TEAMS...
THE WHOLE GAME IS MADE UP
OF TWO DIFFERENT TEAMS,
SO THERE'S DIFFERENT
COLOUR SHIRTS.
THEN, WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK
AND TRY SOME FRACTION
ACTIVITIES TOGETHER.
SO, KEEP AN EYE ON THOSE TEAMS
AND HOW THEY'RE DIVIDED UP
AND I'LL SEE YOU BACK
IN A FEW MINUTES.
The TVOKids and Big Bad Boo Studios logos appear.
A kid says WHEE!
(giggling)
Birds fly over a city.
A kid knocks on the door of his little neighbors. They all race down a stair. They play and have fun outside.
A song plays WHO'S THAT KNOCKING
AT MY DOOR?
I'LL RACE YOU
TO THE BOTTOM FLOOR
WHO'S THAT PLAYING
HIDE AND SEEK?
COUNT TO 10
AND DON'T YOU PEEK!
LET'S HEAD OUTSIDE AND PLAY
CREATE A BRAND-NEW GAME
OR SEARCH
BENEATH THE STAIRS
FOR HIDDEN TREASURE THERE
16 HUDSON
THAT'S WHERE
MY FRIENDS ARE WAITING
16 HUDSON
WON'T YOU COME ALONG?
16 HUDSON
WHERE EVERYBODY'S WELCOME
16 HUDSON
THAT'S WHERE I BELONG!
All the neighbors chew gum and blow bubbles making a rainbow over the city.
Today's episode is "Whose Side Are You On?"
Sam gets ready to kick a ball. He has short black hair. Amala paints excitedly at the football goal. She has brown hair tied-up in a bun.
(straining)
Amala kicks the ball and says SORRY. I GOT MIXED UP.
WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO AGAIN?
Sam says YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO
CATCH IT, NOT KICK IT, REMEMBER?
Amala says RIGHT.
I'M SO USED TO SOCCER,
IT'S HARD TO REMEMBER
THESE NEW RULES.
Sam says YOU'LL GET IT, AMALA;
YOU HAVE TO,
SO WE CAN BEAT
17 HUDSON AT KICKBALL,
LIKE YESTERDAY.
Lili has short black hair and wears glasses.
Lili says I GOT THIS.
OKAY, IN KICKBALL, WE DO KICK,
BUT ONLY WHEN WE'RE UP THERE.
BUT WHEN THE OTHER TEAM'S
KICKING, WE CATCH IT.
IT'S LIKE BASEBALL,
ONLY WITH KICKING. GET IT?
Amala says NO.
Sam says HERE COMES ANOTHER
PRACTICE BALL, AMALA.
THIS TIME, CATCH IT AND THROW
IT TO LILI AT FIRST BASE.
Sam kicks the ball.
A blond boy says I GOT IT!
YEAH!
The blond boy catches the ball.
(cheering)
The blond boy says WE HAVE A MINOR ISSUE.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO
PLAY SOCCER-BASEBALL TODAY.
Sam says WELL, THAT'S NO PROBLEMO
BECAUSE WE'RE PLAYING KICKBALL.
The blond boy says HMPH. YOUR NAME FOR
THE GAME AMUSES ME,
DESPITE IT BEING
SO WOEFULLY INCORRECT.
Sam says HUH?
The blond boy says YOU'VE GOT THE NAME
OF THE GAME WRONG.
AT 17 HUDSON, WE CALL IT
SOCCER-BASEBALL,
NOT KICKBALL.
ANYHOW, WE CAN'T PLAY.
WE'RE ONE PLAYER SHORT.
Sam says HEH. IT'S 'CAUSE WE CRUSHED
YOU YESTERDAY, ISN'T IT?
YOU DON'T WANNA GET
WHOMPED TWO DAYS IN A ROW.
WAIT. I KNOW.
HOW ABOUT WE GIVE
YOU ONE OF OUR PLAYERS?
The blond boy says HMM...
Sam says WE'LL GIVE YOU...
AMALA!
Amala says HUH?
Sam says COME ON, AMALA.
IT'S JUST FOR ONE GAME,
SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO FORFEIT.
Amala says BUT...
Sam says 'CAUSE IF YOU DON'T PLAY
FOR 17 HUDSON, NOBODY PLAYS.
YOU WANT US ALL TO
HAVE FUN, DON'T YOU?
Amala sighs and says EHH. OKAY,
I'LL PLAY FOR HENRI'S TEAM,
TO BE FAIR.
Sam says GAME ON!
The game begins.
Lili says SAFE! AND THE BASES ARE LOADED!
Sam says SWEET! ONE MORE OUT
AND OUR WINNING STREAK
OVER 17 HUDSON KEEPS GOING.
Lili says YEAH, BUT IF THE NEXT KICKER
GETS A GRAND SLAM HOME RUN,
WE LOSE.
Sam says DON'T WORRY, LOOK WHO'S UP.
MOVE IN, GUYS.
IT'S NOT GOING FAR.
Amala kicks the ball.
The blond boy says AMALA, RUN!
OTHER WAY!
Kids say GO, AMALA!
COME ON, AMALA! YOU CAN DO IT!
RUN, RUN, RUN!
Amala scores.
Lili says DID YOU SEE THAT?!
(cheering)
Sam says YEAH. WHO KNEW?
Lili and Amala high five.
Lili says YEAH!
The blond boy says VERY NICE OF YOU TO GIVE US
YOUR STAR PLAYER, SAM.
Sam says IT WAS A LOAN.
PLUS, SINCE AMALA
LIVES AT 16 HUDSON,
IT WASN'T A REAL WIN, ANYWAY.
The blond boy says LOOKED REAL TO ME.
WE'RE TIED ONE TO ONE.
Sam says FINE. WE'LL PLAY A
TIEBREAKER TOMORROW.
The blond boy says YOU'RE ON.
Later, Amala water plants in a yard.
(humming)
Amala says THE BASES ARE LOADED!
AMALA COMES UP
TO THE BATTER THINGY.
SHE KICKS THE BALL!
IT'S A WHOPPER!
She accidentally waters Sam's face.
She says OOH! OOH! SORRY, SAM.
SORRY, I DIDN'T SEE YOU.
Sam says IT'S OKAY. IT WAS A PRETTY
GREAT KICK YOU MADE TODAY.
Amala says OH, THANKS.
Sam says YOU KNOW, AMALA, SPORTS IS
A LOT ABOUT BEING A GOOD SPORT
AND GOOD 'SPORTSISM' AND
HAVING A GOOD 'SPORTITUDE'...
Amala says UH-HUH...
Sam says AND FAIR PLAY,
AND LOYALTY,
STICKING BY YOUR TEAM -
YOUR REAL TEAM -
WHEN THEY'RE COUNTING ON YOU.
YOU'RE WATERING MY SHOES.
Amala says SORRY.
Sam says YOU KNOW WHAT
I'M SAYING, RIGHT?
Amala says MM-HMM.
Sam says GREAT! I KNOW YOU'LL PLAY
FOR THE RIGHT TEAM TOMORROW.
The next day, Sam says HERE SHE COMES! 16 HUDSON
SUPERSTAR KICKER!
WOO-HOO!
Amala wears the other team's blue T shirt.
Sam says WHAT?
AMALA CAN'T PLAY
FOR 17 HUDSON.
Amala says WHY NOT?
I DID YESTERDAY.
Sam says YEAH, BUT-BUT...
(groaning)
REMEMBER WHAT I SAID
ABOUT BEING A GOOD SPORT
AND GOOD 'SPORTSMANITUDE'?
Amala says SURE. BUT I THOUGHT YOU MEANT I
SHOULD PLAY FOR 17 HUDSON.
Sam says NO, THE OPPOSITE!
YOU LIVE AT 16 HUDSON.
WHAT ABOUT LOYALTY?
HOW COULD YOU
DO THIS TO YOUR FRIENDS?
Amala says BUT I THOUGHT...
Sam says IT WAS JUST A LOAN!
AND BESIDES, I NEVER
WOULD HAVE LOANED YOU,
IF I'D KNOWN YOU
WERE ANY GOOD.
Lili says OH! AHH, HE DIDN'T
MEAN IT THAT WAY.
(groaning)
Sam says THIS IS NOT FAIR!
IF AMALA DOESN'T PLAY
FOR 16 HUDSON, THEN...
THEN 16 HUDSON ISN'T PLAYING!
(Yelling angrily)
The blond boy says WHAT'S THE MATTER, SAM?
AFRAID OF GETTING HUMILIATED
AT SOCCER-BASEBALL
TWO DAYS IN A ROW?
LOOKS LIKE 16 HUDSON
IS FORFEITING. WE WIN!
Lili says HANG ON! NOBODY'S FORFEITING.
Eddie says YEAH. WE NEVER SAID THAT.
(chattering)
Lili says SAM, WHY ARE YOU
BEING THIS WAY?
Sam says BECAUSE I WANT TO
BEAT 17 HUDSON.
IT'S THE WHOLE POINT
OF PLAYING.
Amala says I THOUGHT THE WHOLE
POINT WAS TO HAVE FUN.
Sam says SURE, BUT...
Amala says EVERYBODY HAD FUN YESTERDAY.
Sam says WELL, YOU DID -
YOU KICKED A GRAND SLAM.
Lili says I HAD FUN, TOO.
I MADE THAT DIVING CATCH,
AND YOU MADE A BUNCH
OF GREAT KICKS,
AND EDDIE RAN SO FAST!
Amala says IT WAS
ABSO-TOTAL-LUTELY AWESOME!
Sam says YEAH, BUT-- BUT STILL...
(groaning)
OKAY. IT WAS...
EXCEPT FOR THE LOSING PART.
Lili says BUT NOW LOOK
AT EVERYBODY.
(chattering angrily)
Lili says WE'RE ALL FIGHTING
OVER THE TEAMS,
WHEN THEY SHOULD BE
PLAYING AND HAVING FUN.
Sam says YOU'RE RIGHT.
WE ALL CAME TO PLAY,
BUT ALL WE'RE DOING
IS FIGHTING OVER TEAMS.
Amala says BUT HOW DO WE FIX IT?
Sam says WE DON'T FIX IT,
WE MIX IT!
TWEET!
GUYS, I KNOW
I STARTED THIS FIGHT,
BUT I WANT TO BE A
GOOD SPORT AND STOP IT.
I THINK I KNOW A WAY
WE CAN MAKE FAIR TEAMS
AND PLAY FOR FUN,
WHICH IS THE POINT.
All the players mix their shoes.
Sam says OKAY, AMALA, YOU'RE ON.
SAY HI TO YOUR
NEW TEAMMATES, EVERYBODY.
The blond boy says WELL, THIS SHOULD
BE INTERESTING.
The game starts again.
Sam says BACK IT UP, GUYS!
SHE CAN REALLY BOOT IT!
Amala kicks the balls and falls.
Sam says OUT!
AND WE WIN.
The blond boy says YOUR SHOE THING
WAS A GOOD IDEA
FOR SOCCER-BASEBALL.
Sam says YOU WOULD SAY THAT,
IT'S A GOOD WAY FOR YOU TO AVOID
16 HUDSON CRUSHING YOU.
The blond boy says QUITE THE CONTRARY,
YOU'LL SEE...
ONCE SNOWBALL SEASON STARTS.
Sam says AND WE VANQUISH
YOU AT THAT, TOO?
The blond boy says NO WAY.
Sam says 16 HUDSON...
The end credits roll.
Kristy says I HOPE YOU HAD FUN, WATCHING
THAT EPISODE OF
16 HUDSON.
ON THE EPISODE, WE SAW THAT THE
KIDS WERE MAKING KICKBALL TEAMS
AND THEY HAD A LITTLE BIT
OF A PROBLEM
BECAUSE THEY HAD TOO
MANY KIDS ON ONE TEAM
AND NOT ENOUGH ON THE OTHER.
SO, I'M GOING TO USE-- I HAVE
THESE LITTLE PEOPLE HERE
AND I'M GOING TO USE THEM TO
MODEL THE TEAMS ON
16 HUDSON
AND WE'RE GOING TO
WRITE SOME FRACTIONS
TO TELL ABOUT THOSE TEAMS.
SO, THE ONLY THING
I MIGHT MIX UP
IS I FORGET NOW WHICH IS THE
RED TEAM AND WHICH IS THE BLUE,
SO I'M SORRY IF I
SWITCH THEM AROUND.
SO, AT THE BEGINNING,
WE HAD ONE,
TWO, THREE,
FOUR KIDS WHO WERE
ON ONE TEAM...
Kirsty distributes blue figures on the piece of paper.
Kirsty says IN ONE COLOUR.
AND THEN, WE HAD ONE, TWO,
THREE, FOUR,
FIVE, SIX KIDS.
Now, she adds red figures.
Kirsty says AND I CAN SEE,
IF I LOOK AT THOSE,
I HAVE ONE, TWO,
THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX,
SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE,
TEN KIDS ALTOGETHER.
SO, I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO
MODEL THAT AS THE FRACTION.
SO, I KNOW THAT ALTOGETHER,
THE GROUP I HAVE IS TEN PEOPLE.
NOW, I CAN USE A FRACTION TO
TELL ABOUT PARTS OF THAT.
SO, AT THE BEGINNING,
I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT...
WE KNOW THE TOP
NUMBER OF THE FRACTION
ALWAYS TELLS ABOUT
HOW MANY WE HAVE.
SO, IF I WANTED TO WRITE A
FRACTION TO DESCRIBE
HOW MANY OF THE KIDS
WERE WEARING BLUE...
HOW MANY OF THE KIDS
WERE WEARING BLUE?
SO, LET'S TAKE A LOOK,
SEE IF YOU CAN GET
THE IDEA INTO YOUR HEAD.
LET'S DO A COUNT AND CHECK.
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR.
SO, FOUR OUT OF TEN KIDS
WERE WEARING BLUE SHIRTS
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE EPISODE.
IT MEANS ALTOGETHER,
I HAVE TEN KIDS.
THAT'S THE BOTTOM
OF MY FRACTION -
HOW MANY THERE ARE ALTOGETHER.
BUT FOUR OF THEM ARE BLUE
AND THAT'S THE NUMBER I'M
ASKING HOW MANY I HAVE.
LET'S ERASE OUR FOUR OUT OF TEN.
NOW, LET'S THINK ABOUT THERE'S
STILL TEN KIDS ALTOGETHER,
BUT NOW I WANT
TO TELL A FRACTION
ABOUT HOW MANY OF THEM
ARE WEARING RED.
SO, WHAT PART OF THE WHOLE
GROUP ARE WEARING RED?
SO, TAKE A LOOK,
SEE IF YOU CAN FIGURE OUT
WHAT FRACTION WILL TELL ABOUT
HOW MANY OUT OF THE WHOLE
GROUP ARE WEARING RED.
LET'S COUNT AND
CHECK AND TRY IT OUT.
ONE, TWO, THREE,
FOUR, FIVE, SIX.
SIX OUT OF TEN ARE WEARING RED.
SO, YOU CAN SEE,
IN THIS PROBLEM,
THE BOTTOM NUMBER -
THE DENOMINATOR -
ALWAYS STAYS THE SAME
BECAUSE I HAD TEN KIDS
ALTOGETHER THE WHOLE TIME.
BUT DEPENDING ON WHAT PART OF
THE GROUP I'M TELLING ABOUT,
THE TOP NUMBER CHANGES.
WHEN I TOLD ABOUT THE BLUE,
I HAD FOUR OUT OF TEN.
WHEN I TOLD ABOUT THE RED,
I HAD SIX OUT OF TEN.
NOW, I'M GOING TO
DO A LITTLE BIT OF TRADE,
SO IT'S LIKE THE OTHER STORY,
AND THEN WE'LL DO SOME
FRACTION CHECKING.
SO, WE KNOW THAT ONE
OF THE KIDS HAD TO LEAVE
AND CHANGE THEIR SHIRT COLOUR,
SO THAT BOTH TEAMS WOULD
HAVE THE SAME NUMBER.
LET'S CHECK AND SEE.
WE'LL ERASE OUR TOP NUMBER OF
OUR FRACTION - OUR NUMERATOR.
WE'VE GOT ONE,
TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE,
SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT,
NINE, TEN KIDS ALTOGETHER.
SO, MY NUMBER THAT
TELLS HOW MANY PARTS I...
HOW MANY PARTS WE'VE GOT
ALTOGETHER CAN STAY.
NOW, IF I WANT TO
TELL ABOUT THE BLUE,
HOW MANY OF THE WHOLE
GROUP ARE BLUE,
LET'S THINK ABOUT WHAT FRACTION
WOULD REPRESENT THAT.
LET'S CHECK. WE KNOW
TEN ALTOGETHER STAYS THE SAME.
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE.
SO, FIVE OUT OF TEN PLAYERS
WERE WEARING BLUE
AT THE END OF THE EPISODE.
AND IF I WERE TO CHECK...
I THINK A LOT OF YOU WOULD
REALIZE, IF I WERE TO CHECK,
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE
ALSO TELLS ABOUT THE RED SIDE
'CAUSE HALF OF THE GROUP
HAD RED AND HALF HAD BLUE.
I'M GOING TO BE A
LITTLE TRICKIER NOW.
WE'VE TOLD THAT...
WE'VE LOOKED AT OUR EPISODE
THAT WE'VE JUST WATCHED
AND THOUGHT ABOUT HOW WE
COULD REPRESENT THOSE TEAMS.
I'M GOING TO BUILD SOME
DIFFERENT FRACTIONS
THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE DIFFERENT
GROUPS, OTHER THAN TEN,
AND WE'RE GONNA WORK
FOR YOU TO WRITE DOWN
AND SEE IF YOU GUESS WHAT
FRACTION IT'S TELLING ABOUT.
SO, I'M GONNA MOVE SOME
OF MY LITTLE KIDS DOWN
THAT I'VE GOT UP HERE.
MAYBE I'LL SWITCH
MY COLOURS UP A LITTLE.
LET'S SEE...
SO, NOW...
She puts two orange figures.
She continues I HAVE SOME BLUE KIDS AND I HAVE
SOME ORANGE KIDS UP THERE,
BUT I DEFINITELY DON'T HAVE TEN.
SO, I'D LIKE YOU TO THINK ABOUT,
IF I WERE GOING TO
CREATE A FRACTION
TO TELL ABOUT HOW MANY OF THE
KIDS WERE WEARING ORANGE,
WHAT WOULD THAT FRACTION BE?
SO, I'VE GOT A NEW GROUP
OF KIDS UP HERE
AND I WANT TO THINK ABOUT,
OUT OF THE WHOLE GROUP,
WHAT PART OF THE KIDS
ARE WEARING ORANGE?
THE FIRST PART
SHOULD BE PRETTY EASY
'CAUSE I CAN SEE ONE,
TWO ARE WEARING ORANGE.
SO, I KNOW MY FRACTION IS
GOING TO HAVE A TWO
AND I KNOW THAT
THAT'S WHAT I HAVE.
I'M TELLING ABOUT WHAT I'VE GOT.
BUT THIS IS WHERE
IT GETS TRICKY.
WHAT NUMBER DO YOU THINK
IS GOING TO GO ON THE
BOTTOM OF THE FRACTION?
WHAT IS OUR DENOMINATOR
GOING TO BE?
SO, TWO TELLS ABOUT
THE PART WE'VE GOT
AND THE BOTTOM TELLS
ABOUT THE WHOLE.
SO, LET'S CHECK HOW MANY KIDS
THERE ARE ALTOGETHER.
ONE, TWO, THREE,
FOUR, FIVE, SIX.
SO, MY FRACTION SAYS,
OUT OF ALL SIX KIDS,
TWO OF THEM ARE WEARING ORANGE.
I HAVE TWO OUT OF SIX KIDS
WHO ARE WEARING ORANGE.
AND REMEMBER,
THE TOP NUMBER TELLS ABOUT
WHAT PART WE HAVE
THAT WE'RE TELLING ABOUT
AND THE BOTTOM NUMBER TELLS
ABOUT THE WHOLE OF THE...
THE WHOLE THAT WE'VE CUT
INTO LITTLE PARTS.
LET'S TRY ANOTHER ONE TOGETHER
AND SEE IF WE CAN GET IT.
ALL RIGHT.
OH, I'M GONNA BE EXTRA SNEAKY.
ALL RIGHT. SO, NOW,
I HAVE THREE DIFFERENT SETS
WITHIN MY GROUP UP HERE.
SO, MY WHOLE HAS ONE, TWO,
THREE, FOUR, FIVE KIDS.
I'VE GOT SOME KIDS WEARING BLUE,
I'VE GOT SOME KIDS WEARING RED,
AND I'VE GOT SOME KIDS
WEARING ORANGE.
SO, I COULD ACTUALLY WRITE
THREE DIFFERENT FRACTIONS
TO TELL ABOUT WHAT
I SEE RIGHT HERE.
SO, THE FIRST FRACTION
WE'RE GOING TO WRITE...
THE FIRST FRACTION
WE'RE GOING TO WRITE
IS GOING TO TELL ABOUT HOW
MANY KIDS ARE WEARING BLUE.
SO, LET'S THINK ABOUT,
OUT OF THE WHOLE GROUP,
HOW MANY ARE WEARING BLUE?
SO, YOU WRITE IT DOWN AND LET'S
SEE IF WE GET THE SAME ANSWER.
I COUNT ONE, TWO
KIDS ARE WEARING BLUE
OUT OF ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR,
FIVE KIDS ALTOGETHER.
SO, TWO OUT OF FIVE KIDS
ARE WEARING BLUE.
IF I WANTED TO CHANGE WHICH
GROUP OF KIDS I'M LOOKING AT,
IF I DON'T TAKE ANY KIDS AWAY,
I KNOW MY DENOMINATOR IS
GOING TO STAY THE SAME
'CAUSE THERE'S STILL
FIVE KIDS ALTOGETHER.
SO, I'M GOING TO ERASE
THE TWO OR, IN YOUR BOOK,
YOU COULD START A NEW FRACTION
THAT HAS A FIVE ON THE BOTTOM.
NOW, I WANT TO TELL ABOUT HOW
MANY KIDS ARE WEARING RED.
SO, YOU WRITE A
NEW FRACTION TO TELL ME
HOW MANY KIDS ARE WEARING RED.
I COUNT ONE KID.
ONE KID OUT OF ONE,
TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE
IS WEARING RED.
I CAN ALSO READ THIS
FRACTION AS ONE-FIFTH
IS ANOTHER WAY TO
DESCRIBE THIS FRACTION.
BUT, FOR ME, I LIKE
THE ONE OUT OF FIVE BECAUSE,
IN MY HEAD, I CAN
MAKE A BETTER PICTURE
OUT OF WHAT ONE OUT OF FIVE
LOOKS LIKE THAN ONE-FIFTH.
IT JUST MAKES IT EASIER
FOR ME TO VISUALIZE
AND WHEN YOU CAN VISUALIZE
AND YOU CAN IMAGINE WHAT
SOMETHING LOOKS LIKE IN MATH,
FIGURING OUT ANY PROBLEMS
GETS MUCH, MUCH EASIER.
RIGHT NOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT
PART OF THE PATTERN
THAT'S IN FRACTIONS.
NOW, WITH MATH, EVERYTHING
IS MADE OUT OF PATTERNS,
AND WHEN YOU CAN FIND
THE PATTERN IN MATH,
EVERYTHING ELSE GETS EASY.
SO, LET'S TRY ANOTHER ONE.
LAST, LET'S TELL ABOUT HOW MANY
KIDS ARE WEARING ORANGE.
SO, WHAT FRACTION OF KIDS
ARE WEARING ORANGE.
ONE OUT OF FIVE
KIDS WAS WEARING RED.
I DIDN'T CHANGE
MY TOTAL NUMBER OF KIDS,
SO I STILL KNOW THERE'S
FIVE KIDS ALTOGETHER
AND I CAN SEE TWO OUT OF FIVE
KIDS IS WEARING ORANGE.
OH, YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'M GOING TO HAVE
YOU DO ONE MORE.
I'M GOING TO BE A LITTLE
BIT SNEAKY WITH YOU.
I'D LIKE YOU TO WRITE
A FRACTION TO TELL ME
HOW MANY OF THESE
KIDS ARE WEARING PURPLE.
SO, WRITE A FRACTION TO TELL ME
HOW MANY OF THESE KIDS
ARE WEARING PURPLE.
SO, I CAN SEE THERE'S
STILL FIVE KIDS.
MY NUMBER OF KIDS
HASN'T CHANGED.
SO, I KNOW IT'S STILL
GOING TO BE OUT OF FIVE.
BUT I CAN ALSO SEE
NO KIDS ARE WEARING PURPLE.
SO, A FRACTION CAN
ALSO SAY ZERO.
ZERO OUT OF FIVE KIDS
ARE WEARING PURPLE.
SO, FRACTIONS, THIS WAY WE'RE
LOOKING AT FRACTIONS
AS PART OF A SET.
SO, WHEN YOU'VE GOT A GROUP
AND YOU CAN LOOK AT THE GROUP
AND SEE WHAT THE DIFFERENT
PARTS ARE MADE OF.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE
A BREAK RIGHT NOW.
AND THEN, LATER, WE'RE GOING
TO LOOK AT FRACTIONS,
HOW YOU CAN USE THEM
A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY.
SO, MAKE SURE YOU'VE GOT SOME
SPACE TO MOVE AROUND.
GET UP AND LET'S
HAVE A BODY BREAK.
(hip hop beat playing)
Out of a shiny light, Mickeey pops up in a TV studio with graffiti on the walls. He is in his early teens, with short black hair. He wears a red jacket, blue jeans and a black and white sweater.
Mickeey says HEY, WHAT'S UP?
TODAY, WE'RE GONNA BE LEARNING
ONE OF MY FAVOURITE DANCES.
IT'S CALLED...
THE ROCKSTAR!
He shows the movement.
Then, he says LET'S KICK IT OFF
WITH THE FEET, YOU GUYS.
EASY-PEASY.
ALL YOU GOTTA DO IS STEP OUT,
YOU'RE GONNA TAKE YOUR KNEES IN
TO COME OUT AGAIN,
AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA
LEAN DOWN TO THAT SIDE.
FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT.
DOWN, IN, OUT.
DOWN, IN, OUT.
STEP, IN, OUT. HEY!
STEP, IN, OUT.
ALL RIGHT,
CHECK OUT MY HANDS, YOU GUYS.
WE'RE GONNA BE STRUMMING
ON OUR GUITAR
AND IT'S GONNA BE
IN THE SHAPE OF AN 'L'.
YOUR FIRST STEP,
TAKE THAT DOWN,
HIT, HIT, TO MAKE AN 'L'.
ONE, AND TWO,
GO, THREE, AND FOUR,
FIVE AND SIX,
SEVEN AND EIGHT. NICE!
WELL, LET'S DO IT WITH MUSIC
AND FRIENDS, SHALL WE?
HERE WE GO!
Daniel and Kara join him.
Mickeey says LET'S GO, GUYS.
HERE WE GO!
STEP, IN, OUT. STEP, IN, OUT.
AND STRUM IN AN 'L'.
STRUM IN AN 'L'.
WHOO! YOU'RE A ROCKSTAR!
ONE MORE TIME, HERE WE GO!
AND STEP, IN, OUT.
STEP, IN, OUT.
AND STRUM IN AN 'L'.
WOO-HOO-HOO!
They all high-five.
He says AND GUESS WHAT?
YOU JUST MOVED WITH MICKEEY.
SEE YA!
Copyright 2017, The Ontario Educational Communications Authority.
The clip ends.
Kirsty says I HOPE YOU HAD FUN
ON YOUR BODY BREAK,
GOT UP AND MOVED
AROUND A LITTLE,
SO YOU'RE FULL OF ENERGY
AND YOUR BRAIN IS READY TO WORK.
WE'RE GOING TO BE
WATCHING AN EPISODE
OF THE
ODD SQUAD
TOGETHER
THAT'S LOOKING AT FRACTIONS
AS PARTS OF A WHOLE.
SO, I WANT YOU TO WATCH
FOR WHERE YOU CAN SPOT
FRACTIONS IN THE EPISODE
AND HOW THE FRACTIONS ARE
PARTS OF A WHOLE THING.
KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN
'CAUSE THERE ARE LOTS AND LOTS
OF FRACTIONS IN THIS
EPISODE FOR YOU TO FIND.
I'LL SEE YOU IN JUST A MINUTE
AND WE'LL DO AN
ACTIVITY TOGETHER.
A clip plays.
Olive and Otto wear blue Odd Squad uniforms with red ties. She has brown hair tied-up. Otto has brown hair and bangs.
Olive says MY NAME IS AGENT OLIVE.
THIS IS MY PARTNER AGENT OTTO.
An egg appears.
Olive says THIS IS WHAT CAME FIRST.
BUT BACK TO OTTO AND ME.
WE WORK FOR AN
ORGANIZATION RUN BY KIDS
THAT INVESTIGATES
ANYTHING STRANGE,
WEIRD AND ESPECIALLY ODD.
OUR JOB IS TO PUT
THINGS RIGHT AGAIN.
Fast clips show the agents' adventures.
(whinnying)
Puppet agents run and say COME ON! COME ON!
Olive says WHO DO WE WORK FOR?
WE WORK FOR ODD SQUAD.
Today's episode is "Mystic Egg Pizza."
A male neighbor says OH, THANKS FOR COMING,
ODD SQUAD.
Olive says WHAT SEEMS TO BE THE PROBLEM?
The neighbor says UH, IT'S MY TRASH.
HAVE A LOOK.
He opens a trash bin. The scene repeats.
The neighbor says THANKS FOR COMING,
ODD SQUAD.
Olive says WHAT SEEMS TO
BE THE PROBLEM?
The agents say WHOA!
Otto says THAT'S US!
The neighbor says MM-HM.
I'D KIND OF LIKE
MY GARBAGE BACK.
Otto says WHAT DO YOU SAY, OLIVE?
DO WE USE THE GARBAGE-A-NATOR
OR THE TRASH-A-NATOR?
Olive says MAYBE WE SHOULD
WATCH WHAT THEY DO.
Inside the trash bin, Otto says GARBAGE-A-NATOR OR
TRASH-A-NATOR?
Olive says MM...
TRASH-A-NATOR.
She shoots the trash bin and it explodes.
She says UH-OH!
Outside the trash bin, Olive says OKAY!
Otto says GARBAGE-A-NATOR IT IS.
Otto shoots the trash bin and garbage appears.
The neighbor and the agents say GARBAGE!
The neighbor chuckles and says OOH!
HEY, THANKS, ODD SQUAD.
OH. UH,
WHAT ABOUT THEM?
He points upwards.
The agents and the neighbor appear.
Olive says DON'T LOOK UP?
The neighbor says YEAH, OKAY.
Big O sits in her office.
Big O says THERE YOU TWO ARE.
SOMETHING VERY
ODD HAS HAPPENED.
YOU REMEMBER DEBBIE FROM
DEBBIE'S PIZZA DELIVERY?
The agents say OF COURSE!
Debbie wears glasses, a red and white cap and a matching shirt.
Debbie says ODD SQUAD,
I NEED YOUR HELP.
I'VE BEEN DELIVERING
PIZZAS ALL DAY
AND EVERY TIME
ONE OF MY CUSTOMERS
OPENS UP THEIR
PIZZA BOX, THIS HAPPENS.
YEAH, PIECES ARE MISSING.
IT WAS A FULL PIZZA
WHEN I PUT IT IN THERE.
Olive says WHO WOULD WANT PIECES OF
YOUR PIZZA TO DISAPPEAR?
Debbie says I AM NOT NORMALLY ONE
TO POINT FINGERS, BUT, UH...
She shows a picture of Doug.
Big O says ISN'T THAT THE GUY
WHO DELIVERS
EGG SALAD SANDWICHES?
Debbie says YEAH. IT IS DELIVERY DOUG.
HE IS JEALOUS OF MY BUSINESS
AND HE WANTS TO RUIN IT.
Big O says SEEMS LIKE A PRETTY OPEN
AND SHUT CASE TO ME.
Otto says BUT MS. O, SHOULDN'T
WE PAY DOUG A VISIT
BEFORE WE BLAME HIM FOR
STEALING DEBBIE'S PIZZA?
Big O says EITHER WAY,
She yells WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?!
GO!
Olive says COME ON, DEBBIE.
They walk into a basement.
Otto says OH!
WHAT'S THAT SMELL?
Olive says I'M GUESSING THE
VATS OF EGG SALAD.
Doug wears black-rimmed glasses, a white and blue cap and a matching shirt.
Doug says WELL, WELL, WELL...
IF IT ISN'T DELIVERY DEBBIE
AND AGENTS 'OOTOO'
AND 'OOLAVEY'.
Olive says WOW, THAT'S NOT EVEN CLOSE
TO SAYING OUR NAMES RIGHT.
Debbie says WE KNOW YOU'VE BEEN STEALING
PIECES OF MY PIZZA, DOUG.
Otto says ACTUALLY...
WE DON'T KNOW THAT YET.
Debbie says RIGHT, YEAH. RIGHT.
DO THE WHOLE GOOD COP,
BAD COP THING.
Doug says AND I DIDN'T STEAL A THING.
IN FACT, THE SAME
THING HAS BEEN HAPPENING
WITH MY EGG SALAD SANDWICHES.
SEE?
THAT WAS WHOLE WHEN
I PUT IT IN THERE.
Otto says BUT WHO WOULD WANT TO DO
SOMETHING LIKE THIS?
Doug says WELL, I DON'T LIKE
TO POINT FINGERS, BUT...
He shows a picture of Debbie.
Debbie gasps and says I DID NOT!
Doug says DID TOO!
Debbie says YOU ARE SO JEALOUS OF ME.
Doug says LOOK AT MY SUCCESSFUL EMPIRE.
In off, Doug's mom says DOUGIE, IS EVERYTHING OKAY?
Doug says EVERYTHING'S FINE, MOM.
Doug's mom says DOUGIE, I'M THINKING OF
GETTING A COCKER SPANIEL.
Doug says MOM!
Olive says THIS IS SO ODD.
WHO WOULD STEAL
TWO PIECES OF PIZZA
AND TWO PIECES OF
EGG SALAD SANDWICH?
Otto says MAYBE IT HAS SOMETHING
TO DO WITH THE NUMBER TWO.
The agents say TOMMY TWOSIE!
Debbie says I SAY WE PAY HIM A VISIT.
Doug says AND I SAY WE TAKE THE EGGMOBILE.
Olive says YOU HAVE AN EGGMOBILE?
Doug says I DO. YOU GUYS ARE GOING
TO LOVE IT. COME ON!
In Doug's car, Otto says YOU KNOW, WHEN
YOU SAID EGGMOBILE,
I THOUGHT IT WOULD ACTUALLY
BE SHAPED LIKE AN EGG.
Doug says NO, IT JUST SMELLS LIKE ONE.
Olive says UGH!
DO THE WINDOWS WORK?
Doug says NO, BUT THE HEATER DOES.
AND SO DOES THE STEREO.
CHECK OUT THIS
NEW SONG I JUST RECORDED.
(hip hop beat playing)
Doug sings EGGS
ALL I REALLY WANT IS EGGS
MIXING MAYO IN MY EGGS
MAYO EGGS
NOW PUT IT ON SOME BRE-AD
BREAD
YOU HEARD WHAT
DELIVERY DOUG SAID
YEAH
YOU GUYS ALL BUCKLED IN?
Debbie and the agents say YEAH.
Now parked, Doug says SO, WHAT'S THIS TOMMY TWOSIE
LOOK LIKE, ANYWAY?
Olive says STRAIGHT AHEAD.
Otto says THIS GUY USUALLY TRIES
TO MAKE A RUN FOR IT,
SO, ON THREE, WE ALL
JUMP OUT OF THE EGGMOBILE.
ONE, TWO...
Doug says WAIT! THE ONLY DOOR THAT
OPENS FROM THE INSIDE
IS THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR.
The agents and Debbie say SERIOUSLY?!
Doug says I NEVER JOKE AROUND
ABOUT THE EGGMOBILE.
The agents run towards Tommy and say ODD SQUAD! ODD SQUAD!
STOP RIGHT THERE!
Tommy wears a striped green polo shirt over a blue one, two hats and glasses. He carries groceries bags.
Tommy says OH, SNAP!
He tries to run away.
Then, Tommy says YOU'RE LUCKY I'M NOT WEARING
MY RUNNING SHOES TODAY.
He wears snow rackets.
Otto says WE KNOW YOU'VE BEEN
STEALING PIECES OF PIZZA
AND EGG SALAD SANDWICHES.
Tommy says WHOA! WHOA! WHOA!
YOU'VE GOT THE WRONG GUY.
IF I WANTED TO STEAL PIZZA...
Doug says OR EGG SALAD SANDWICHES...
Tommy says SURE.
I'D TAKE TWO WHOLE PIZZAS...
OR TWO WHOLE SANDWICHES.
WHY WOULD I WANT
A QUARTER OF ONE?
THAT IS JUST WEIRD.
Debbie and Doug stand holding their boxes open.
Otto says WHAT DOES A 25-CENT QUARTER
HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS?
Tommy says I'M NOT TALKING MONEY.
SEE, IF YOU HAVE A WHOLE CIRCLE
AND YOU CUT IT INTO
FOUR EQUAL PIECES, LIKE...
THE WAY THIS PIZZA
AND EGG SANDWICH WERE CUT,
EACH PIECE WOULD BE CALLED
A QUARTER, OR A FOURTH. SEE?
ONE, TWO, THREE,
FOUR QUARTERS.
Olive says WAIT A SECOND.
THE PIZZA AND SANDWICH
ARE ACTUALLY MISSING
TWO-QUARTERS EACH.
ONE, TWO.
TWO-QUARTERS.
Doug says SOUNDS LIKE A WEIRDO TO ME.
Debbie says YEAH. WHO WOULD STEAL
QUARTERS OF SOMETHING?
Tommy says I'M NOT ONE TO
POINT FINGERS, BUT...
Tommy shows a picture of Quarter Quinn.
The agents say QUARTER QUINN!
Doug says TO THE EGGMOBILE!
Tommy says COOL!
Later, in Doug's car, Tommy says NOT COOL.
Doug says YOU KNOW, JUST BECAUSE
IT'S CALLED AN EGGMOBILE
DOESN'T MEAN IT HAS
TO BE SHAPED LIKE IN EGG.
Debbie says IT DOES.
Olive says IT KIND OF DOES.
(all speaking at once)
Doug says ALL RIGHT, NO WORRIES.
DELIVERY DOUG IS GOING TO CHEER
YOU GUYS UP WITH SOME TUNES.
(electronic dance music plays)
I RECORDED THIS ONE WITH MY MOM.
A song plays MY DOUGIE MAKES
AN EGG SALAD ON A BUN
Next, they all approach Quarter Quinn, who is packing boxes into the back of a car. She wears clothes with patterns split in half.
The agents say ODD SQUAD! ODD SQUAD!
STOP RIGHT THERE!
Quarter Quinn says WHOA! THERE'S NOTHING
ODD GOING ON HERE.
I'M JUST TRYING TO LEAVE TOWN
AS FAST AS POSSIBLE
WITHOUT TELLING ANYONE.
Debbie says OR MAYBE YOU'RE LEAVING
BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN STEALING
PIECES OF MY PIZZA.
Doug says OR MY EGG SALAD SANDWICHES?
Quarter Quinn says EW!
Doug says I THINK SHE'S TALKING TO YOU.
Debbie whispers I REALLY DON'T THINK SO.
Quarter Quinn says GUYS, MY NAME IS QUARTER QUINN.
WHEN I STEAL THINGS -
AND I'M NOT SAYING I DO -
BUT WHEN I DO, IT'S ONLY A
QUARTER SOMETHING.
WHOEVER DID THIS IS INTO
TWO-QUARTERS, OR TWO-FOURTHS.
The agents say WHAT...?
Doug, Debbie and Tommy say YEAH, WHAT THEY SAID.
Quarter Quinn says IF YOU'VE GOT FOUR
EQUAL PIECES OF SOMETHING,
TWO-QUARTERS IS THE SAME
THING AS SAYING TWO-FOURTHS.
Olive says WHAT IF QUINN IS RIGHT?
LOOK, ONE FOURTH HERE,
ANOTHER FOURTH HERE.
THAT'S TWO-FOURTHS.
ONE QUARTER HERE,
ANOTHER QUARTER HERE.
THAT'S TWO-QUARTERS.
SAME.
Quarter Quinn says TWO-QUARTERS
AIN'T MY SCENE.
BESIDES, I'VE BEEN
HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. SEE?
TWO-QUARTERS OF
THIS CLOCK ARE MISSING.
Debbie says BUT IF IT WASN'T HER, THEN WHO?
Quarter Quinn says I'M NOT ONE TO
POINT FINGERS BUT...
Quarter Quinn shows a picture of a stool.
Olive says WHO'S THAT?
Quarter Quinn says NOBODY 'CAUSE I HAVE NO IDEA!
Doug says WELL, WHOEVER DID THIS,
WE'RE NOT GOING TO FIND THEM
STANDING AROUND HERE.
Debbie says OH, NO WAY. I'M DONE.
I'M NOT GETTING BACK
INTO THAT THING.
Doug says I EGG YOUR PARDON?
Debbie says DON'T START,
DOUG. HONESTLY.
Doug says START?!
Debbie says YOU KNOW WHAT, DOUG?
Doug says I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU.
Debbie says I CAN'T DEAL WITH IT.
YOU YAP. YOU TALK...
Doug says DEAL WITH WHAT?
Otto says HEY, HEY! SHH!
OLIVE, LOOK.
THE TWO PIECES SLID TOGETHER
TO MAKE A HALF CIRCLE.
Olive says I THINK YOU'RE
ONTO SOMETHING, PARTNER.
THE PIZZA AND SANDWICH
BOTH HAD TWO-QUARTERS,
OR TWO-FOURTHS, MISSING.
BUT WHEN YOU PUT THE
TWO REMAINING FOURTHS,
OR QUARTERS TOGETHER,
IT EQUALS ONE HALF OF A WHOLE.
Debbie says WEIRD - THE GUY THAT
SOLD ME MY PIZZA BOXES
WAS HAVING A HALF-PRICE SALE.
Doug says VERY WEIRD
BECAUSE THE GUY THAT SOLD ME
MY EGG SALAD SANDWICH BOXES
WAS ALSO HAVING
A HALF-PRICE SALE.
Quarter Quinn says SAME GOES FOR MY MOVING BOXES.
Tommy says I DON'T HAVE ANY BOXES,
BUT IF I DID, I BET THE SAME
THING WOULD HAVE HAPPENED TO ME.
Olive says LOOK, ALL THE BOXES
ARE FROM THE SAME PLACE.
I THINK WE NEED
TO PAY A VISIT TO THE...
BOX MASTER.
Debbie says HIS NAME'S KEITH.
Olive says YEAH, OKAY.
Doug says TO THE EGGMOBILE!
Quarter Quinn says OOH!
THAT SOUNDS LIKE FUN.
Later, in Doug's car, Quarter Quinn says WHEN YOU SAID EGGMOBILE...
Doug says UNLESS YOU'RE KICKING
IN GAS MONEY,
I DON'T EVEN WANT TO HEAR IT.
BUT WHAT YOU WILL WANT
TO HEAR IS MY NEW SLOW JAM.
A song plays BABY...
Doug sings BABY, YOU BROKE MY HEART
DON'T BE EGGING ME ON
I WANT TO GET BACK
TO THE START
Otto says YOU KNOW, I ACTUALLY
KIND OF LIKE THIS ONE.
Doug says YES!
Now, they all stand next to Keith. He wears a green shirt and a tie.
Keith says I'M SORRY, I HAD NO IDEA
MY BOXES WERE MAKING
HALF OF EVERYTHING DISAPPEAR
BECAUSE THEY WERE HALF-PRICE.
Otto says YEAH.
Keith says SERVES ME RIGHT FOR BUYING
A PRICE STICKER
MACHINE FROM A WIZARD.
He throws the price sticker into the garbage.
Doug says UGH.
Keith says FROM NOW ON, MY BOXES...
ARE FULL PRICE.
He removes an ad from the wall.
Debbie and Doug open their boxes and the food is complete.
They all cheer and say YES!
Otto says YEAH!
HIGH-FIVE!
Debbie says UH, DOUG,
I KNOW I GAVE YOU A
HARD TIME ABOUT THE EGGMOBILE,
BUT, UH, WELL, THANKS FOR
DRIVING US AROUND TODAY.
Doug says THANKS FOR SAYING THANKS.
Debbie says WELL, YEAH.
Olive says IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU
GETTING ALONG.
Otto says YEAH, MAYBE YOU TWO
SHOULD TRY TO WORK TOGETHER.
Debbie says MAYBE WE SHOULD.
Doug says MAYBE WE SHOULD.
Debbie and Doug appear in a commercial.
Debbie says YOU EVER TAKE A BITE
OF PIZZA AND THINK,
"WELL, THIS IS
MISSING SOMETHING"?
Doug says I GUARANTEE YOU THAT SOMETHING
IS AN EGG SALAD SANDWICH.
Debbie says WHICH IS WHY
WE'RE BRINGING YOU
ALL THE GOOEY GOODNESS
OF MY PIZZA...
Doug says AND ALL THE TEXTURE TASTINESS
OF MY EGG SALAD SANDWICH.
Debbie says AND PUTTING THEM TOGETHER.
(audience oohing)
Debbie sings CALL DELIVERY DEBBIE
Doug sings AND DELIVERY DOUG
They sing WE'VE GOT PIZZA
WITH EGG SALAD
YOU CAN EAT IT HOT OR COLD
IT TASTES LIKE CHUNKY GOLD
The agents and Big O watch the commercial.
Olive says WHEN WE SAID WORK TOGETHER,
THAT'S NOT WHAT WE HAD IN MIND.
Big O says YOU TWO BETTER
START WORKING TOGETHER
TO GET RID OF ALL THESE FREE
EGG SALAD PIZZAS THEY GAVE US.
In the commercial, Doug says YOU'VE GOT TO GET SOME EGG.
YOU'VE GOTTA...
ARE YOU GETTING THE EGG?
Debbie tries to eat a large folded pizza.
Debbie says I'M GETTING THE EGG!
Doug says YOU GETTING THE EGG?
Debbie says LOVE IT!
Olive says BREATHE THROUGH YOUR MOUTH.
Olive and Otto eat folded pizzas.
A song plays EGGS
ALL I REALLY WANT IS EGGS
MIXING MAYO IN MY EGGS
NOW PUT IT ON SOME BRE-AD
NOW YOU'VE HEARD WHAT
DELIVERY DOUG SAID
Otto says I'M GOING TO BE SICK.
An animation shows the Odd Squad Headquarters tower.
An Announcer says WELCOME TO HEADQUARTERS -
THE BREAKROOM PART TWO.
Oksana wears glasses, a dress and a white apron.
Oksana says WELCOME TO THE BREAKROOM.
MY NAME IS OKSANA
AND THIS IS WHERE AGENTS COME
TO ENJOY THE FOOD I MAKE.
IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING,
THE ACTUAL KITCHEN IS
98 FLOORS DOWN FROM HERE...
AND THERE'S NO
ELEVATOR OR STAIRS,
BUT I HAVE A CLIMBING ROPE.
ODD SQUAD AGENTS HAVE
QUITE THE APPETITE,
SO I MAKE ALL SORTS
OF FOOD FOR THEM,
LIKE THIS HAM AND
PUDDING SANDWICH...
THIS BROCCOLI PUDDING SOUP...
OR THIS PIZZA.
IT'S ACTUALLY MADE OF PUDDING.
THE OTHER GREAT THING ABOUT IT -
IF TWO AGENTS
ARE IN THE BREAKROOM
WHO WANT TO SHARE THIS PIZZA,
IT CAN BE SPLIT IN HALF.
Oksana shoots a laser to cut the pizza.
Oksana continues ONE, TWO - TWO EQUAL PARTS.
HALVES.
BUT WHAT IF THERE ARE FOUR
HUNGRY AGENTS IN THE BREAKROOM
AND I DON'T HAVE
ANOTHER PIZZA READY?
NOT TO WORRY. THE PIZZA
CAN BE DIVIDED INTO FOURTHS.
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR - FOURTHS.
BUT LET'S SAY THERE ARE EIGHT
HUNGRY AGENTS IN THE BREAKROOM
AND I DON'T HAVE ANOTHER PIZZA
BECAUSE I'VE FALLEN ASLEEP
ON ACCOUNT OF PREPARING
975 MEALS FOR BREAKFAST?
NOT TO WORRY. PIZZA CAN EVEN
BE DIVIDED INTO EIGHTHS.
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE,
SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT - EIGHTHS.
IT'S NOT THE BEST
JOB IN THE WORLD,
BUT AT LEAST THEY LET ME
PLAY MY OWN MUSIC.
Oksana dances to hip hop music.
The end credits roll.
Kirsty says NOW THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT
FRACTIONS AS PART OF SETS,
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE
A LOOK AT FRACTIONS
AS PART OF WHOLE THINGS.
SO, WE KNOW WE USE FRACTIONS TO
DESCRIBE PARTS OF SOMETHING
AND SOMETIMES WE
USE FRACTIONS TO DESCRIBE
LITTLE PARTS OF A BIG GROUP
AND SOMETIMES WE USE
FRACTIONS TO DESCRIBE
A BIG THING THAT WE'VE
CUT INTO LITTLE PARTS.
SO, I'VE BROUGHT MY
BIG CIRCLE RIGHT HERE
AND I CAN CALL THIS CIRCLE
ONE WHOLE CIRCLE -
THAT MEANS IT'S
THE ENTIRE THING.
She sticks a blue circle onto a blank piece of paper on the board.
She continues AND SO, FOR MY ONE WHOLE CIRCLE,
RIGHT NOW, IT'S NOT
DIVIDED UP AT ALL.
RIGHT NOW, I HAVEN'T CUT IT
INTO ANY KIND OF A FRACTION.
BUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO
IS WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON
CUTTING THESE INTO FRACTIONS.
I CAN TAKE A WHOLE AND,
IF I CUT IT INTO TWO PARTS,
EACH PART IS A HALF
OF THAT CIRCLE.
SO, THERE'S ONE HALF
AND THERE'S ANOTHER HALF
AND THAT MAKES THE WHOLE CIRCLE.
WHEN I LOOK AT THE FRACTION... ..ONE-HALF,
WE KNOW IT MEANS I HAVE
ONE OUT OF TWO PIECES.
IF I WERE TO PUT THIS ONE BACK,
I WOULD HAVE TWO-HALVES,
WHICH MEANS I HAVE TWO OUT OF
TWO PIECES OR OUT OF TWO PARTS.
SO, DEPENDING ON HOW I
PUT THE PIECES TOGETHER,
I CAN USE DIFFERENT FRACTIONS
TO REPRESENT THAT.
IF I KEEP LOOKING AT MY CIRCLE,
I CAN START CUTTING IT
INTO OTHER SIZES, TOO.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE,
IF I HAVE MY CIRCLE
AND I CUT IT
INTO THREE SECTIONS,
EACH OF THOSE SECTIONS
WOULD BE ONE-THIRD.
RIGHT NOW,
I DON'T HAVE ONE-THIRD.
I HAVE ONE, TWO, THREE THIRDS-
THE WHOLE FRACTION.
I HAVE THREE PARTS.
I HAVE THREE OUT OF THREE PARTS.
SO, I WOULD NOT DESCRIBE
THAT AS ONE-THIRD.
IF I HAVE THIS MUCH,
NOW I HAVE ONE-THIRD.
I HAVE ONE PIECE OUT OF A CIRCLE
THAT WAS CUT
INTO THREE SECTIONS.
THE LAST ONE I'M GOING
TO SHOW YOU RIGHT NOW.
AND YOU CAN CUT THINGS
INTO MANY MORE PIECES
THAN I'M SHOWING
YOU RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE NOT GONNA GET
ANY SMALLER THAN THESE.
THESE ARE A FRACTION THAT
IS A LITTLE BIT ANNOYING
'CAUSE THEY HAVE TWO DIFFERENT
NAMES PEOPLE CALL THEM.
WHEN YOU CUT SOMETHING
INTO FOUR PARTS,
SOMETIMES PEOPLE
CALL THEM 'FOURTHS'
AND SOMETIMES PEOPLE
CALL THEM 'QUARTERS'.
I LIKE TO USE THE WORD 'QUARTER'
BECAUSE ONE OF THE
THINGS I CAN VISUALIZE,
I CAN PICTURE IN MY HEAD
WHEN I SAY 'QUARTER' IS MONEY,
AND I KNOW FOUR QUARTERS
MAKE ONE WHOLE DOLLAR.
SO, IT'S A WAY I CAN HELP
REMEMBER WHAT QUARTERS ARE
AND HOW QUARTERS WORK.
FOUR OF THOSE
MAKE A WHOLE DOLLAR.
THEY'RE A FRACTION OF A DOLLAR.
SO, A QUARTER IS
WHEN I TAKE SOMETHING,
I CUT IT INTO FOUR PARTS.
RIGHT NOW, MY CIRCLE
REPRESENTS FOUR QUARTERS
BECAUSE I HAVE ALL
FOUR PIECES THERE.
WE'RE GOING TO DO A LITTLE BIT
OF DRAWING TOGETHER.
SO, MAKE SURE
YOU'VE GOT YOUR PAPER
AND YOUR PENCIL
OR PEN OR MARKER HANDY.
AND WE'RE GONNA PRACTICE DRAWING
SOME FRACTIONS TOGETHER.
SO, FRACTIONS CAN BE ALL
DIFFERENT SHAPES.
A LOT OF THE TIME,
YOU'LL SEE FRACTIONS
REPRESENTED AS CIRCLES.
I THINK IT'S BECAUSE PIZZAS ARE
AN EASY THING TO IMAGINE -
THEY'RE SOMETHING THAT WE SEE
THAT'S CUT UP INTO PIECES -
OR PIES, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO
BE A CIRCLE THAT YOU CUT UP.
WE'RE GONNA WORK WITH
DRAWING SOME FRACTIONS
IN DIFFERENT WAYS TOGETHER.
SO, I'M GONNA TAKE
ALL OF THESE OFF.
SO, THERE'S MY WHOLE,
THERE ARE MY FRACTIONS.
I CAN ALSO MAKE FRACTIONS
OUT OF DIFFERENT SHAPES.
I HAVE THESE LITTLE RED MAGNETS
HERE THAT ARE RECTANGLES.
I COULD MAKE ONE BIG RECTANGLE
OUT OF THESE THREE PIECES.
THIS IS THE WHOLE THING.
AND EACH ONE OF THESE
WOULD BE ONE-THIRD
BECAUSE IT'S DIVIDED INTO THREE.
SO, WE'RE GONNA DO SOME PRACTICE
AND WE'RE GONNA REMEMBER
TO COLOUR THINGS IN,
SO THAT WE CAN REPRESENT THEM.
I ALREADY HAVE TWO
FRACTIONS DRAWN UP HERE,
SO LET'S START WITH THOSE.
I DREW THE FRACTION,
I WROTE ONE-HALF,
WHICH MEANS I HAVE ONE
OUT OF TWO PIECES
OR ONE OUT OF TWO PARTS.
LET'S DRAW-- AND THIS IS DRAWING
FOR MATH, NOT DRAWING FOR ART,
SO DON'T WORRY
IF IT'S NOT PERFECT.
SO, LET'S DRAW A CIRCLE.
AND WE'RE GONNA CUT
THAT CIRCLE IN HALF.
MY HALVES ARE NOT PERFECT.
DON'T WORRY IF YOUR
HALVES ARE NOT PERFECT.
WE DON'T HAVE TO
HAVE IT EXACTLY RIGHT.
NOW, I CUT MY CIRCLE IN HALF,
BUT, RIGHT NOW, THIS PICTURE
DOES NOT SHOW ONE-HALF.
SO, I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT
WHY DOESN'T THAT
PICTURE SHOW ONE-HALF.
WELL, THE REASON IT
DOESN'T SHOW ONE-HALF
IS THAT BOTH HALVES
ARE THE SAME RIGHT NOW.
SO, THERE'S NOTHING DIFFERENT.
RIGHT NOW, THIS FRACTION
SHOWS TWO-HALVES,
LIKE THIS ONE OVER HERE.
I HAVE TWO-HALVES.
ONE WAY I CAN HELP
SHOW WHICH PART I HAVE
IS TO ACTUALLY COLOUR IT IN.
SO, I'M GONNA COLOUR IN...
AND NOW, I CAN SAY...
ONE OUT OF TWO PARTS
OR ONE-HALF IS COLOURED IN.
SO, THAT'S A WAY I CAN
REPRESENT ONE-HALF.
I COULD SAY...
I COULD COLOUR THIS IN.
IT MIGHT BE HARD TO
SEE THE HALVES.
OR I COULD JUST SAY TWO OUT OF
TWO PARTS ARE NOT COLOURED IN.
THAT'S AN EASY WAY
TO MAKE IT MATCH.
WE'RE GOING TO DRAW...
LET'S DRAW A SQUARE.
REMEMBER,
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE PERFECT.
LET'S DRAW A SQUARE
AND WE'RE GONNA CUT OUR
SQUARE INTO FOUR PARTS.
SO, IF YOU WANT TO WATCH ME
TO SEE HOW I DO THAT,
THERE'S A COUPLE DIFFERENT
WAYS YOU COULD DO IT.
I COULD CUT IT IN HALF
FROM TOP TO BOTTOM
AND IN HALF FROM SIDE-TO-SIDE
AND THAT'S GONNA
GIVE ME FOUR PARTS.
SO, RIGHT NOW,
I JUST HAVE FOUR PARTS.
I HAVEN'T COLOURED ANY OF THEM
IN TO REPRESENT A FRACTION.
I WOULD LIKE YOU
TO SHADE YOURS IN,
SO THAT YOU REPRESENT
THREE OUT OF FOUR
PARTS ARE COLOURED.
SO, TAKE A MINUTE, AND IN YOUR
BOOK OR ON YOUR PAPER,
I'D LIKE YOU TO COLOUR YOURS
SO THAT THREE OUT OF FOUR
PARTS ARE COLOURED IN.
SO, IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE ONE...
TWO... THREE.
SO, I COULD SAY
THREE OUT OF FOUR...
ARE COLOURED.
AND I COULD ACTUALLY
WRITE A SECOND FRACTION
TO TELL ABOUT THIS BECAUSE
I COULD WRITE A FRACTION
TO TELL ABOUT THE PARTS
THAT ARE NOT COLOURED IN.
SO, I'D LIKE YOU TO WRITE DOWN
WHAT FRACTION IS
NOT COLOURED IN
OUT OF THIS ONE RIGHT HERE.
LET'S CHECK IT OUT.
I'M GOING TO COUNT.
ONE OUT OF...
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR.
THERE'S STILL
FOUR PARTS ALTOGETHER.
ONE OUT OF FOUR...
ARE NOT COLOURED.
NICE JOB. I WANT YOU TO
THINK ABOUT THE FRACTION
WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT
WHEN PEOPLE GET MIXED UP ABOUT,
IN THE FRACTION, WHAT YOU HAVE,
MY THREE TELLS ABOUT
THE COLOURED PART -
THAT'S HOW MANY PARTS I HAVE
THAT ARE COLOURED.
THE FOUR TELLS ABOUT HOW MANY
PIECES I CUT THAT BOX INTO.
OVER HERE, MY ONE TELLS ABOUT
HOW MANY PARTS
ARE NOT COLOURED IN.
AND MY FOUR TELLS ABOUT HOW MANY
PIECES THERE ARE ALTOGETHER.
ONE OUT OF FOUR PIECES
ARE NOT COLOURED IN.
LET'S TRY ANOTHER ONE TOGETHER.
LET'S DO, UH...
LET'S DO A RECTANGLE.
I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A NUMBER
THAT'S A LITTLE
TRICKY TO DO EVENLY.
WE'RE GONNA CUT THIS
INTO THREE SECTIONS.
SO, TWO LINES-- ACTUALLY,
I DID THAT MUCH NEATER THAN
I WAS EXPECTING TO DO IT.
SO, WE'RE GONNA PUT
INTO THREE SECTIONS.
AND WE ARE GOING TO...
HMM. I'M GOING TO COLOUR IT IN
AND I'M GOING TO
DO IT IN A SNEAKY WAY.
I'M GOING TO COLOUR THIS ONE
AND I'M GOING TO
COLOUR THIS ONE.
She colours the fractions at both ends.
She continues SO, I'D LIKE YOU TO
THINK ABOUT, IN YOUR BOOK,
WRITE DOWN WHAT
FRACTION IS COLOURED IN
THAT I JUST DREW.
WHAT FRACTION OF MY
RECTANGLE IS COLOURED IN?
I MADE IT A LITTLE BIT TRICKY
BECAUSE I DID NOT PUT THE
COLOURED IN PARTS SIDE-BY-SIDE.
SO, THAT MAKES IT
A LITTLE BIT HARDER,
BUT I CAN STILL COUNT THAT ONE,
TWO PARTS ARE COLOURED IN.
SO, I COULD SAY TWO OUT OF...
ONE, TWO, THREE...
TWO-THIRDS ARE COLOURED IN.
AND I JUST-- I KNOW I SAID WE
WERE NOT DOING ANY ART,
BUT THIS JUST MADE ME THINK
ALMOST DRAWN...
I JUST GONNA
TURN IT INTO SOME ART
AND I CAN MAKE A
LITTLE CANADIAN FLAG.
LET'S TRY ONE MORE TOGETHER.
ALL RIGHT,
LET'S DO ANOTHER CIRCLE.
WE'RE GONNA CUT OUR
CIRCLE INTO FOUR PARTS.
SO, A LINE FROM TOP TO BOTTOM,
A LINE FROM SIDE-TO-SIDE.
AND I WOULD LIKE YOU TO COLOUR
IN TWO-QUARTERS OF YOUR CIRCLE.
SO, TWO OUT OF FOUR PARTS
ARE COLOURED IN.
TWO OUT OF FOUR PARTS...
ALL RIGHT, FINISHED
COLOURING YOURS IN?
I'M GONNA COLOUR MINE AND
LET'S SEE IF WE MATCH.
SO, I'M GOING TO GO
ONE... TWO.
SO, I COLOURED IN TWO
OUT OF ONE, TWO, THREE,
FOUR PARTS ALTOGETHER.
SO, TWO-QUARTERS
ARE COLOURED IN.
HMM. WHAT FRACTION DESCRIBES
THE PART THAT'S NOT COLOURED IN?
I NOTICE THAT THE SAME AMOUNT IS
COLOURED AND NOT COLOURED.
SO, EVEN WITHOUT COUNTING, I
KNOW TWO-QUARTERS IS COLOURED
AND TWO-QUARTERS
IS NOT COLOURED.
SOME OF YOU MIGHT HAVE NOTICED
SOMETHING REALLY FUNNY, TOO,
WHICH IS THAT MY TWO QUARTERS
ACTUALLY TAKE UP
HALF OF THE SHAPES.
SO, TWO-QUARTERS IS
ANOTHER WAY TO SAY A HALF.
BUT THAT'S A WHOLE
OTHER THING ABOUT FRACTIONS.
MAYBE WE'LL WORK
ON THAT TOGETHER LATER.
WE'RE GOING TO WATCH
ANOTHER VIDEO TOGETHER
AND THIS VIDEO'S GOING TO SHOW
YOU SOME DIFFERENT PLACES
WE CAN SEE FRACTIONS
BESIDES MATH CLASS.
SO, SIT BACK, LET'S WATCH
A VIDEO TOGETHER
AND WE'LL DO A COUPLE
MORE ACTIVITIES.
A clip plays.
(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.
Mathematician 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.
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 IT'S NOT A TRICK,
IT'S MATHXPLOSION
JUST FOR YOU,
COOL AND NEW, MATHXPLOSION!
Eric stands in a workroom. He unrolls earphones, plugs them in and listens to music.
(dance beat playing)
Eric sings HEY, DID YOU KNOW
SONGS ARE FULL OF FRACTIONS?
I WONDER IF YOU KNEW
IF YOU EVER WROTE A SONG
IT'S MATH THROUGH
AND THROUGH
THE LENGTH OF EVERY NOTE
IS A FRACTION OF THE BEAT
LIKE A WHOLE NOTE,
A HALF NOTE
A QUARTER NOTE, NEAT
A WHOLE NOTE'S THE LONGEST
AND LASTS THE WHOLE BAR
TWO HALVES MAKE A WHOLE
ARE YOU WITH ME SO FAR?
FOUR QUARTERS IN A WHOLE
KEEP THINGS GROOVING ALONG
'CAUSE, FRIENDS,
WITHOUT FRACTIONS
THERE'D BE NO SONGS
Next, he says DID YOU KNOW THAT,
JUST LIKE MATH,
MUSIC USES COUNTING,
PATTERNS AND FRACTIONS?
Animated pentagrams appear.
He continues SONGS HAVE SECTIONS CALLED BARS
AND EACH BAR HAS
DIFFERENT TYPES OF NOTES.
YOU HEAR SOME
TYPES OF NOTES A LOT...
(single note sounding)...
He blows a whistle.
He continues LIKE WHOLE NOTES
PLAYED FOR A WHOLE BAR...
(note sounding twice)...
HALF NOTES
PLAYED FOR TWO BEATS...
(note sounding four times)...
AND QUARTER NOTES
PLAYED FOR ONE BEAT.
IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW QUICKLY
OR SLOWLY YOU PLAY A SONG,
IF IT HAS 4-4 TIME SIGNATURE,
WHICH MEANS FOUR
QUARTER NOTES IN EACH BAR,
YOU CAN PLAY TWO HALF NOTES
OR FOUR QUARTER NOTES
IN THE SAME TIME IT TAKES
TO PLAY ONE WHOLE NOTE.
Notes flash in the pentagrams.
He continues IT'S ALL ABOUT FRACTIONS.
THERE'S SO MANY STYLES
OF MUSIC OUT THERE
AND THEY ALL USE WHOLE,
HALF AND QUARTER NOTES,
AND THEY'RE ALL ABOUT THE
RHYTHM ABOUT FRACTIONS.
LET ME SHOW YOU HOW TO DO IT.
He snaps and an animated metronome clicks steadily.
He continues YOU HEAR THE METRONOME?
MUSICIANS USE THEM ALL THE TIME
TO KEEP A STEADY BEAT.
LET ME SHOW YOU.
(dance beat playing)
WHOLE NOTES ONE, ONE
HALF NOTES, ONE, TWO
QUARTER NOTES ONE,
TWO, THREE, FOUR
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR
LISTEN TO THE SOUND OF FOUR
QUARTERS AS A START
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR ONE,
TWO, THREE, FOUR
He sings A SONG IS A SUM
OF ALL ITS PARTS
(exhaling sharply)
QUARTER, QUARTER,
QUARTER, QUARTER
HALF, HALF
WHOLE
NOW YOU'RE COUNTING TIME
QUARTER, QUARTER,
QUARTER, QUARTER
HALF, HALF
WHOLE
NOW YOU'RE KEEPING THE TIME
On a blackboard, Eric draws a circle and colours it inside. He taps on it and a new clip plays. It features an animation of a woman singing opera.
He says SINGING A WHOLE LOT OF WHOLE
NOTES CAN BE POWERFUL.
IT'S TRUE THAT A SINGER CAN
SHATTER A CRYSTAL GLASS
BY SINGING A LOUD NOTE
FOR A LONG TIME.
THE NOTE DOESN'T
HAVE TO BE HIGH.
IT JUST NEEDS TO HAVE
THE SAME FREQUENCY
AS THE NOTE YOU WOULD GET IF YOU
TAPPED THE GLASS WITH A FORK.
THE SINGER'S VOICE CAN MAKE
THE GLASS VIBRATE THEN SHATTER.
BOOM!
SO, WHY NOT WRITE YOUR OWN
SONGS, BE YOUR OWN DJ,
OR FORM A BAND WITH
FAMILY AND FRIENDS?
START WITH A BASIC BEAT
AND SPIN THOSE WHOLE,
HALF AND QUARTER NOTES.
MUSIC WITH FRACTIONS -
IT'S NOT MAGIC...
In a high-pitch, he says IT'S MATH.
(making record scratching noise)
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.
Kirsty says I HOPE YOU HAD FUN WATCHING
THAT VIDEO FROM
MATHXPLOSION.
IT SHOWED US SOME DIFFERENT WAYS
THAT WE CAN SEE FRACTIONS
IN OUR EVERYDAY LIFE.
ONE OF THE MOST COMMON
PLACES IS IN MUSIC.
MUSIC IS ALL
MADE UP OF FRACTIONS.
I LOVE MATH,
BUT I ALSO LOVE MUSIC A LOT.
WE'RE GONNA TAKE AT HOW
FRACTIONS PLAY OUT
IN MUSIC QUICKLY.
A pentagram with the fraction four quarters appears on the piece of paper behind her.
She continues WHEN I LOOK AT A MUSICAL STAFF,
ONE THE FIRST THINGS I SEE
IS MY TIME SIGNATURE.
IT SAYS FOUR OUT OF FOUR,
SO THAT MEANS THERE
ARE FOUR BEATS
AND THEY'RE ALL GONNA
BE QUARTER NOTES.
WHAT I NEED TO KNOW IS,
IT ALWAYS HAS TO ADD UP
TO FOUR IN EACH BAR.
SO, I'M GONNA TRY SOME DIFFERENT
WAYS TO MAKE FOUR BEATS.
DIFFERENT BEATS,
DIFFERENT NOTES ARE HELD FOR A
DIFFERENT LENGTH OF TIME.
SO, I CAN HAVE...
COLOURED IN,
THAT'S A QUARTER NOTE.
IT LASTS FOR ONE BEAT.
I CAN HAVE NOT COLOURED IN,
BUT WITH A STICK -
THAT'S A HALF NOTE AND IT
LASTS FOR TWO BEATS.
IT'S THE SAME AS TWO QUARTERS.
OR I CAN HAVE A WHOLE NOTE
AND IT LASTS FOR THE WHOLE
THING - FOUR BEATS LONG.
SO, LET'S TRY IT OUT.
I'M GONNA START BY MAKING
SOME QUARTER NOTES.
SO, LET'S SEE, I'M GONNA
GO ONE QUARTER NOTE.
SO, THAT'S ONE BEAT AND I KNOW I
NEED FOUR BEATS ALTOGETHER
TO FILL THE WHOLE THING.
TWO, THREE...
FOUR.
She draws four notes and says SO, ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR
OUT OF FOUR BEATS.
SO, I'VE GOT MY FOUR
OUT OF FOUR IN THERE.
THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS, THOUGH,
THAT I CAN MAKE
THOSE FOUR BEATS.
I CAN ALSO USE THINGS LIKE MY
HALF NOTES OR MY WHOLE NOTE.
I'M GOING TO USE A
HALF NOTE THIS TIME,
AND A HALF NOTE LASTS
FOR TWO BEATS.
SO, IF I WERE TO SING, A
QUARTER NOTE WOULD BE LIKE...
AH, AH, AH, AH
A HALF NOTE WOULD BE LIKE...
AH, AH
SO, LASTS FOR TWO BEATS.
AND THEN A WHOLE NOTE WOULD
LAST FOR FOUR BEATS.
AH...
SO, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT HOW
I CAN USE A HALF NOTE...
LET'S SEE...
MY HALF NOTE'S GOING TO BE TWO.
AND THEN, I'M GOING
TO USE A QUARTER
AND A QUARTER.
SO, I'VE GOT TWO BEATS PLUS
ONE BEAT PLUS ONE BEAT
AND THAT EQUALS
MY FOUR OUT OF FOUR.
I'M GONNA TRY TO BE
REALLY FAST ON THE LAST ONE.
I'M ACTUALLY GOING
TO USE MY WHOLE NOTE
AND MY WHOLE NOTE
LASTS FOR FOUR BEATS.
SO, IF I COUNT IT...
AH...
IT LASTS THE WHOLE THING,
THAT IS FOUR OUT OF FOUR
AND I DON'T EVEN HALF
TO DO ANYTHING ELSE.
MUSIC IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF
WHERE WE CAN FIND FRACTIONS
IN OUR EVERYDAY LIFE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR JOINING ME TODAY
AND DOING SOME WORK
ON FRACTIONS WITH ME.
I HOPE ALL OF OUR ACTIVITIES
HAVE HELPED YOU UNDERSTAND
A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT
WHAT FRACTIONS ARE,
HOW WE CAN MAKE THEM,
AND HOW WE CAN USE THEM TO
REPRESENT DIFFERENT THINGS.
HOPEFULLY,
WHEN YOU GET BACK TO SCHOOL,
MAYBE FRACTIONS WILL BE
NOT SO CONFUSING
AND YOU'LL UNDERSTAND
THEM A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
I HOPE YOU HAD FUN WATCHING
THE DIFFERENT EPISODES.
IF YOU GET A CHANCE, HOP ON
OVER TO THE TVOKIDS WEBSITE
AND THERE'S LOTS OF
GREAT GAMES ON THERE,
INCLUDING SOME
THAT WILL HELP YOU
PRACTICE FRACTIONS
A LITTLE BIT MORE.
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She concludes MY NAME IS KRISTY
AND I WAS REALLY GLAD
TO BE YOUR TEACHER TODAY.
I HOPE TO SEE YOU
AGAIN ON ANOTHER
TVOKIDS POWER HOUR OF LEARNING
ANOTHER DAY.
HAVE A WONDERFUL
REST OF YOUR DAY,
STAY SAFE,
AND WE'LL SEE YOU SOON.
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