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  • Maths-in-a-Box The Big Cover Up (Season 1, Episode 3)
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Maths-in-a-Box

The Big Cover Up (Season 1, Episode 3)
TV Episode | Family, Sci-Fi
Maths content: Area Powka and the children return to the farm and find a workman laying paving stones around the cow trough. They disagree about whether there are enough paving stones to cover the necessary area - Powka thinks that by ...See moreMaths content: Area Powka and the children return to the farm and find a workman laying paving stones around the cow trough. They disagree about whether there are enough paving stones to cover the necessary area - Powka thinks that by laying the stones in a different direction they could cover more ground. They magically experiment with laying them in different directions and discover that the amount of ground covered is always the same. Next Powka thinks that if the huts in a field were spaced out differently there would be more grass for the cows to eat, but the children show him that the spacing makes no difference. From the magic box they all watch Tracy's bedroom wall being painted by her mother, and are concerned about whether it will take the same amount of paint to cover a wall with a door as a wall with a window. The computer overlays a grid of squares on each wall to help them compare the area. Song: Tiki tiki tox in our little box we can travel up and down and around. But wherever it lands, on soil or on sands, it still needs the same amount of ground. It does, exactly the same amount of ground. Written by May See less
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Writer
Alex Glasgow (written by)
Producer
Morton Surguy
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Status
Edit Released
Updated Jan 29, 1980
Release date
Jan 29, 1980 (United Kingdom)

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