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The name of the show appears in colourful letters on an animated sky. It reads "TVO Kids Power hour of learning. Teacher edition."
The announcer says WELCOME TO
TVOKIDS
POWER HOUR OF LEARNING.
The caption changes to "Today's Junior lesson: Improper and mixed fractions."
The caption changes to "Junior 4-6: Teacher Steven."
Teacher Steven is in his forties, bald and with a thick beard. He wears glasses and a blue shirt.
He says HELLO, EVERYONE,
AND WELCOME TO THIS
POWER HOUR.
I'M TEACHER STEVEN,
AND OF ALL THE PLACES
YOU COULD BE RIGHT NOW,
I'M SO HAPPY YOU'RE HERE.
WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT
THINGS TODAY IN THE MARVELLOUS
WORLD OF MATH,
BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER
THAT SOMETIMES THE THINGS
WE TALK ABOUT CAN BE TOUGH,
AND IF YOU DON'T GET IT
RIGHT THE FIRST TIME,
NOT TO WORRY.
JEEPERS, WHEN I WAS YOUNG,
I USED TO GET SO CONFUSED
AND IT USED TO UPSET ME,
BUT DID YOU KNOW THAT
WHEN YOU GET SOMETHING WRONG
YOUR BRAIN ACTUALLY GROWS?
YEAH, IT'S TRUE.
WHEN I WAS YOUNGER,
I USED TO GET SO DISCOURAGED
WHEN I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND
SOMETHING THE FIRST TIME,
AND NOW THAT I'M AN ADULT,
I'M HERE TO
TELL YOU IT'S A-OKAY.
SO, LET'S GET GOING,
AND DON'T EVER, EVER,
EVER BE AFRAID
TO MAKE A MISTAKE.
TODAY, WE ARE
GOING TO TALK ABOUT
IMPROPER AND MIXED FRACTIONS.
FRACTIONS ARE PART OF
A PIECE OF SOMETHING,
SOMETHING BIGGER.
THOSE PARTS WE CALL EQUAL,
BECAUSE EACH PART
IS THE SAME SIZE
OR WORTH THE SAME AMOUNT.
THOSE EQUAL PARTS
ALL BELONG TO A THING.
WELL, WHAT IS THAT
THING THAT YOU MIGHT ASK?
WELL, ANYTHING THAT
CAN BE DIVIDED
INTO EQUAL PARTS.
THE THING IS WHAT
WE CALL ALL THE PARTS
WHEN THEY'RE PUT TOGETHER,
AND WHAT WE CALL THAT
THING IS ONE WHOLE.
IT WOULD BE LIKE
ONE WHOLE PIZZA.
He shows a prop pizza divided in 4 equal pieces and says WE ALWAYS USE THE PIZZA
TO EXPLAIN FRACTIONS.
EACH PIECE OF MY PIZZA IS EQUAL,
WHICH MEANS THEY
ALL ARE THE SAME SIZE.
WHEN THE PIECES ARE TOGETHER,
IT IS ONE WHOLE PIZZA,
BUT PIZZA ISN'T THE ONLY THING
THAT CAN BE DIVIDED
INTO EQUAL PARTS.
MY COUCH IN
THE BACK OF MY HOUSE.
IT HAS THREE CUSHIONS,
AND EACH ONE OF THOSE
CUSHIONS IS THE SAME SIZE.
WELL, IF I TAKE ONE OF
MY CUSHIONS OFF THE COUCH,
MY COUCH SIMPLY
DOESN'T LOOK COMPLETE.
SO, TODAY, WE'RE NOT ONLY
TALKING ABOUT PROPER FRACTIONS,
BUT PARTS OF THEM
AND MORE THAN ONE WHOLE.
WE CALL THOSE IMPROPER
AND MIXED FRACTIONS.
THOSE FRACTIONS ARE
A BIT MORE COMPLICATED,
BUT HAVE MANY OF
THE SAME CHARACTERISTICS
OF PROPER FRACTIONS.
NOW, LET'S SEND THINGS
OVER TO TEACHER SHAHANA
TO GO OVER THE BASICS
OF IMPROPER FRACTIONS
AND MIXED NUMBERS.
Teacher Shahana stands in front of a big screen.
Teacher Shahana is in her twenties, with above the shoulder straight brown hair. She wears black leggings and a blue Homework Zone T-shirt.
A caption on the screen reads "Improper fractions and mixed numbers."
She says HI, TVOKIDS.
I'M TEACHER SHAHANA.
AND I'M HERE TODAY
TO TALK TO YOU
ABOUT IMPROPER FRACTIONS
AND MIXED NUMBERS.
NOW, BEFORE WE BEGIN,
LET'S REVIEW WHAT A FRACTION IS.
NOW, A FRACTION IS A
PART OF A WHOLE.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF I HAVE
A WHOLE CHOCOLATE BAR
THAT'S DIVIDED INTO
FOUR EQUAL PIECES
AND I EAT ONE PIECE
OUT OF THE FOUR...
THAT WOULD
MEAN THAT I'VE EATEN
ONE FOURTH OR ONE QUARTER
OF THE CHOCOLATE BAR,
AND THAT WOULD BE
MY FRACTION.
NOW, KEEP IN MIND, JUST IF YOU
FORGOT, IN CASE YOU FORGOT,
THE NUMBER AT THE
TOP OF THE FRACTION
IS WHAT WE
CALL THE NUMERATOR,
AND THE NUMBER AT THE BOTTOM
IS CALLED THE DENOMINATOR.
NOW, WHEN THE NUMERATOR IS
SMALLER THAN THE DENOMINATOR,
THAT'S WHAT WE CALL A
PROPER FRACTION.
Now a question appears on screen that reads "Let's say I buy four candy bars to share with my friends."
Pictures of the 4 friends appear with different fractions of the candy bars below.
Shahana says NOW, LET'S SAY I GO OUT AND
I BUY FOUR CHOCOLATE BARS
TO SHARE WITH
MY FRIENDS.
NOW, NOTICE THAT
THE CHOCOLATE BARS
ARE STILL DIVIDED INTO FOUR
EQUAL PIECES EACH.
LET'S SAY THE FIRST FRIEND
EATS ALL OF HIS CHOCOLATE BAR,
BECAUSE HE'S
REALLY HUNGRY.
SO HE'S EATEN FOUR FOURTHS
OF HIS CHOCOLATE BAR
OR FOUR QUARTERS.
THE SECOND PERSON ALSO EATS
THE ENTIRE CHOCOLATE BAR
OR FOUR QUARTERS.
THE THIRD PERSON
DOES THE SAME.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER
FOUR QUARTERS.
BUT I'M NOT
THAT HUNGRY ANYMORE,
SO I EAT ONLY ONE QUARTER
OF MY CHOCOLATE BAR.
NOW, IF WE ADD UP ALL
OF THOSE AMOUNTS...
FOUR PLUS FOUR PLUS FOUR
PLUS ONE MORE QUARTER
GIVES ME A TOTAL
OF 13 QUARTERS.
NOW, THIS FRACTION LOOKS
A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT
THAN WHAT WE'VE
SEEN BEFORE,
BECAUSE THE
NUMBER AT THE TOP
IS BIGGER THAN THE
NUMBER AT THE BOTTOM,
OR IN OTHER WORDS,
THE NUMERATOR
IS BIGGER THAN
THE DENOMINATOR.
LOOKS A LITTLE
BIT FUNNY,
BUT IT DOES EXIST,
AND IT'S CALLED
AN IMPROPER FRACTION.
NOW, IF WE WANT OUR
IMPROPER FRACTION
TO LOOK A LITTLE
BIT MORE FRIENDLY,
HERE'S WHAT WE
MIGHT DO.
WE'LL GO BACK TO THE
QUESTION THAT WE JUST DID.
Now the screen shows the improper fraction the left and the mixed number to the right.
Shahana says AND WE SAID THAT
THE FIRST THREE FRIENDS
EAT ALL FOUR PIECES OF
THEIR WHOLE CHOCOLATE BAR
AND I ONLY EAT ONE.
SO, WE SAID
THAT ALTOGETHER,
THAT GIVES
US 13 QUARTERS.
OKAY. NOW, IF YOU
LOOK REALLY CLOSELY,
YOU'LL NOTICE THAT
THAT'S THE SAME THING
AS ONE, TWO,
THREE WHOLE
CHOCOLATE BARS
AND ONE QUARTER
OF A CHOCOLATE BAR
OR IN OTHER WORDS,
THREE AND A QUARTER.
SO THEREFORE,
THIS AMOUNT IS EXACTLY
THE SAME THING AS THIS AMOUNT,
AND THEREFORE, WE CAN
CHANGE AN IMPROPER FRACTION
TO A MIXED NUMBER.
NOW, A MIXED NUMBER
IS WHAT WE SEE OVER HERE,
WHICH IS A WHOLE NUMBER WITH
A FRACTION ADDED ONTO IT.
SO, WE CAN CHANGE
AN IMPROPER FRACTION
TO A MIXED NUMBER...
AND THE OTHER
WAY AROUND.
A caption reads "13 quarters is the same as 3 and a quarter."
Shahana says THANKS FOR
LISTENING, TVOKIDS.
I'M TEACHER SHAHANA,
AND NOW, YOU KNOW ALL
ABOUT IMPROPER FRACTIONS
AND MIXED NUMBERS.
The clip ends.
Teacher Steven says THANK YOU, TEACHER SHAHANA.
OH, MY GOODNESS.
ALL THIS TALK ABOUT CHOCOLATE
BARS IS MAKING ME HUNGRY!
SO, WITH ALL THAT IN MIND,
LET'S DO A QUICK
REVIEW OF PROPER FRACTIONS
AND HOW THEY RELATE
TO OUR MIXED NUMBERS
AND IMPROPER FRACTIONS.
He holds up a card with a fraction that reads 4 eights and a graph representing it.
He says THIS IS A PROPER FRACTION,
AND AS
TEACHER SHAHANA TAUGHT US,
THE NUMBER ON THE TOP
IS CALLED THE NUMERATOR.
LET ME HEAR YOU SAY IT.
NUMERATOR.
AND THE NUMBER ON THE BOTTOM
IS CALLED THE DENOMINATOR.
SAY THAT ONE NOW.
DENOMINATOR.
NUMERATOR AND DENOMINATOR.
WE SAY FOUR EIGHTHS
IS A PROPER FRACTION
BECAUSE THE NUMERATOR IS
SMALLER THAN THE DENOMINATOR.
WHAT THIS FRACTION
IS REFERRING TO
IS FOUR OUT OF
EIGHT EQUAL PARTS,
AND JUST LIKE TEACHER SHAHANA,
I HAVE A CHOCOLATE BAR HERE,
AND WE COULD
SAY THAT MAYBE I ATE
FOUR OUT OF EIGHT TOTAL PIECES.
MM-MM! DELICIOUS.
NOW, LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT
THIS FRACTION RIGHT HERE.
He now shows a card with a fraction that reads 1 and one half and says THIS IS WHAT WE
CALL A MIXED NUMBER.
ONE AND ONE-HALF.
WE HAVE THIS BIG NUMBER
RIGHT OVER HERE ON THE SIDE.
THE BIG NUMBER IS
SOMETHING WE CALL A WHOLE.
REMEMBER, JUST LIKE THAT PIZZA,
A WHOLE IS SMALLER PARTS
PUT TOGETHER INTO ONE,
AND IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE,
WE HAVE ONE WHOLE.
IT COULD BE
ONE WHOLE CHOCOLATE BAR,
ONE WHOLE PIZZA,
OR IF YOU'RE AT MY HOUSE,
ONE WHOLE COUCH
IN THE BACK OF THE HOUSE.
NOW, THIS FRACTION ALSO
HAS THIS GUY RIGHT OVER HERE.
THIS IS ONE OVER TWO,
OR WE CALL IT ONE-HALF.
THIS FRACTION IS
ONE AND ONE-HALF,
AND I HAVE ONE WHOLE RIGHT HERE,
AND ONE-HALF ON THE BOTTOM.
IT COULD BE ONE AND HALF
PIZZAS FOR DINNER.
THAT'S A LOT OF PIZZA.
REMEMBER, AS YOU LOOK
AT THIS MIXED NUMBER,
THE BIG NUMBER ALWAYS
MEANS A WHOLE SOMETHING,
AND THIS PROPER
FRACTION ON THE SIDE
ARE PARTS OF THE SAME THING.
MAYBE ONE WHOLE DONUT
AND A HALF OF ANOTHER DONUT.
FRACTIONS,
FRACTIONS ARE ALWAYS DELICIOUS.
He now shows a card with a fraction that reads 12 ninths and says ALRIGHT, THIS LAST ONE IS GOING
TO LOOK A LITTLE BIT FUNNY.
THIS ONE IS CALLED
AN IMPROPER FRACTION.
IN THIS CASE, THE NUMERATOR
ON THE TOP IS BIGGER THAN
THE DENOMINATOR ON THE BOTTOM.
NOW, JUST BECAUSE IT
LOOKS A LITTLE TOP HEAVY,
DOESN'T MEAN IT'S
STILL NOT A FRACTION.
IT STILL DOES ALL THE THINGS
THAT A FRACTION WOULD DO,
IT JUST LOOKS
A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
LET ME PUT IT THIS WAY,
IT WOULD BE LIKE IF I PUT
MY SUNGLASSES ON UPSIDE DOWN.
MY SUNGLASSES LOOK
A LITTLE BIT FUNNY,
BUT THEY'RE STILL SUNGLASSES,
AND THEY STILL DO THE THINGS
THAT SUNGLASSES NEED TO DO.
WELL, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT
AN IMPROPER FRACTION IS AS WELL,
BUT TO UNDERSTAND
THIS IMPROPER FRACTION,
WE NEED TO MAKE IT
A LITTLE MORE UNDERSTANDABLE,
AND THE WAY WE'RE
GOING TO DO THAT
IS WE'RE GOING TO TURN IT
INTO A MIXED NUMBER.
NOW, THIS MIGHT GET
A LITTLE BIT COMPLICATED,
BUT FOLLOW ALONG,
AND REMEMBER, IF YOU DON'T
GET IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME,
THAT DOESN'T MEAN
YOU WON'T LEARN IT
AND YOUR BRAIN WILL GROW.
SO, WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO TURN
THIS
INTO A MIXED NUMBER IS
FIGURE OUT HOW MANY TIMES
OUR DENOMINATOR WILL FIT
EQUALLY INTO OUR NUMERATOR.
WELL, IF I LOOK AT
MY NUMBER NINE,
I KNOW THAT IT'S NOT TOO FAR OFF
FROM MY NUMBER TWELVE.
SO, I KNOW THAT MY NUMBER NINE
FITS EQUALLY ONCE
INTO MY NUMBER TWELVE.
NOW, IF I DOUBLE MY NUMBER NINE,
NINE TIMES TWO IS EIGHTEEN,
THAT'S WAY TOO MANY,
SO I KNOW THAT NINE ONLY
GOES INTO TWELVE ONCE.
NOW, THAT ONE IS GOING TO
BECOME OUR WHOLE NUMBER.
THEN WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT
HOW MANY MORE TIMES
WE CAN COUNT BETWEEN
NINE AND TWELVE.
COUNT WITH ME.
TEN, ELEVEN, TWELVE.
SO, THERE ARE THREE NUMBERS
BETWEEN NINE AND TWELVE,
WHICH MEANS THAT
OUR MIXED NUMBER IS
ONE AND THREE NINTHS.
ALWAYS REMEMBER,
THE DENOMINATOR STAYS THE SAME.
REMEMBER, THE DENOMINATOR
IS OUR NUMBER NINE,
AND WHAT DOES IT DO?
IT STAYS THE SAME.
WELL, ONE AND THREE-NINTHS
IS A LOT EASIER TO READ
THAN TWELVE-NINTHS,
IF YOU ASK ME.
NOW, IF WE WANT TO
TURN OUR MIXED NUMBER
BACK INTO AN IMPROPER FRACTION,
THERE'S THREE EASY STEPS.
THE FIRST THING THAT WE WILL DO
IS MULTIPLY OUR DENOMINATOR
BY OUR WHOLE NUMBER.
NINE TIMES ONE.
WELL, NINE TIMES ONE IS NINE.
THEN WE'LL ADD OUR NUMERATOR,
WHICH IS THREE.
SO, NINE PLUS THREE,
WHICH IS TWELVE,
AND IN THIS CASE,
OUR DENOMINATOR STAYS THE SAME!
SO, WE HAVE MADE OUR WAY FROM
AN IMPROPER FRACTION
TO A MIXED NUMBER
AND BACK AGAIN.
NOW, I KNOW THAT WAS
A LOT OF INFORMATION,
BUT THAT'S OKAY!
YOU'VE TOTALLY GOT THIS.
LET'S HAVE A LITTLE BRAIN BREAK,
AND CHECK IN WITH
OUR FRIEND TUMBLEWEED
AS HE MAKES DIFFERENT
COMBINATIONS OF TEN.
An episode of Tumbletown Tales rolls.
(music plays)
A red book with a hamster on the cover appears against a background in which a castle can be seen.
Tumbleweed says TUMBLETOWN TALES!
STARRING ME, TUMBLEWEED.
The red book opens. A popup castle comes up, and inside the castle, Tumbleweed stands in a restaurant.
Tumbleweed says HELLO, I'M
TUMBLEWEED,
AND I'LL BE
YOUR WAITER.
Two bunny rabbits sit at a table.
A white rabbit says YO!
Tumbleweed says NICE HAIR.
THANKS.
The white rabbit says IT'S MY
NEW DO.
SO, WHAT'S ON
THE MENU?
Tumbleweed says WELL, HERE AT THE
10 SEED DINER,
YOU CAN ORDER TEN
SEEDS OF ANY VARIETY,
ALL FOR ONE DIME.
The white rabbit says I'LL HAVE TEN SESAME
SEEDS, PLEASE.
A black rabbit says YOU KNOW WHAT
I'LL HAVE?
The white rabbit says WHAT'S THAT?
The black rabbit says TEN SUNFLOWER
SEEDS, PLEASE.
Tumbleweed says COMING RIGHT UP.
OKAY, BRENT, I
NEED ONE ORDER
OF SESAME AND
ONE ORDER
OF SUNFLOWER.
Brent says TEN SESAME AND
TEN SUNFLOWER
COMING UP, BUDDY.
[bell dings]
THERE YOU GO,
AND ONE FOR YOU.
The black rabbit says MMM, THAT
LOOKS GOOD.
The white rabbit says HEY, THOSE
ARE MINE.
Tumbleweed says WHAT CAN I GET
YOU, TWIGGY?
Twiggy says UH, TEN POPPY
SEEDS, PLEASE.
Tumbleweed says YOU GOT IT!
WHAT ABOUT
YOU, SAL?
Sal says I DON'T KNOW,
TUMBLEWEED.
A DIME FOR
TEN SEEDS?
THAT'S A LOT
OF MONEY.
HOW ABOUT YOU GIVE ME
EMPLOYEE DISCOUNT?
Tumbleweed says ARE YOU KIDDING?!
Sal says I HAD TO TRY.
I WILL HAVE FIVE
SESAME SEEDS,
AND FIVE
PUMPKIN SEEDS.
The white rabbit says HE ORDERED WHAT?!
A customer says IS THAT EVEN AN
OPTION?
Tumbleweed says YOU WANT FIVE
OF ONE KIND,
AND FIVE OF
ANOTHER KIND?
Sal says YES, FIVE
AND FIVE.
THAT IS WHAT
I WANT.
Tumbleweed says I GUESS FIVE
SESAME SEEDS
PLUS FIVE PUMPKIN
SEEDS EQUALS TEN,
SO I GUESS
WE CAN DO THAT.
[everyone chattering]
The white rabbit says I DIDN'T KNOW WE COULD
MIX UP OUR ORDERS.
Tumbleweed says OKAY, BRENT,
TEN POPPY SEEDS.
AND ANOTHER ORDER
IS GOING TO BE
FIVE SESAME AND
FIVE PUMPKIN.
Brent says UHHHH, OKAY, BUDDY.
Tumbleweed says THIS ONE FOR YOU AND
YOUR HALF AND HALF.
Tumbleweed serves the dishes.
Tumbleweed says VOILA, BON APPETIT!
A grey hamster says UH, THREE PUMPKINS
AND SEVEN FLAX FOR ME.
Tumbleweed says UH, THREE PLUS
SEVEN EQUALS TEN.
OKAY.
The white rabbit says I'M STILL HUNGRY.
I WOULD LIKE TWO CANARY
AND EIGHT OAT GROATS.
Tumbleweed looks confused.
Tumbleweed says WAIT, TWO CANARY,
EIGHT OAT GROATS,
THREE PUMPKIN,
SEVEN FLAX.
Bret says SLOW DOWN, BUDDY!
I DIDN'T GET
ALL THAT ORDER.
Tumbleweed says I SAID TWO CANARY,
EIGHT OATS,
THREE PUMPKIN-
A dark hamster eats at a table and says AND DON'T FORGET
THE FLAX.
AND MAKE SURE
THEY'RE ORGANIC;
IT HELPS WITH
HIS DIGESTION.
A white hamster says HEY, FUZZY FACE,
WHAT ABOUT MY ORDER?
The white rabbit says YEAH, WHO'S GONNA
TAKE HIS ORDER?
Tumbleweed says JUST A MINUTE,
PLEASE.
YOU ORDERED
NINE AND ONE,
AND YOU HAD THREE
AND FOUR AND THREE.
JUST A MINUTE,
EVERYONE.
I'LL GET RIGHT
TO YOU.
The gray hamster says I NEED THESE TO
BE ORGANIC.
Tumbleweed says YEAH, I KNOW!
The white hamster says WHAT ABOUT ME
ORDER, FUZZY FACE?
Tumbleweed says JUST A MINUTE,
PLEASE.
COULD YOU REPEAT
YOUR ORDER AGAIN?
A hamster says I'D LIKE TWO
SUNFLOWER, TWO PUMPKIN,
FOUR POPPY AND
TWO FLAX, PLEASE.
The additions appear on the screen.
The white hamster says WHAT ABOUT ME
ORDER, MAN?!
Tumbleweed says OKAY, SOMEBODY WANTS TWO
SUNFLOWER, TWO PUMPKIN,
FOUR POPPY AND
TWO FLAX.
Brent says WAIT, WHAT, NO,
I - WHAT?!
Tumbleweed says NO, IT ADDS
UP TO TEN.
Brent says BUT, NO, WE
CAN'T!
Tumbleweed says WE HAVE TO!
IT'S THE 10 SEED
DINER!
AHHH!!!
[crickets chirping]
Later at night, Tumbleweed and Brent eat seeds from the floor.
Tumbleweed says OKAY, THAT WAS
CRAZY.
WHAT ARE WE
GONNA DO?
Brent says UH, BUDDY, WE
CAN'T KEEP UP
WITH ALL THOSE
ORDERS.
PEOPLE ARE MAKING
THEIR OWN DISHES NOW.
Tumbleweed says MAKING THEIR
OWN DISHES, EH?
BRENT, YOU'RE
A GENIUS!
Brent says HUH?
I AM?
Then, Tumbleweed stands behind the counter.
Tumbleweed says WELCOME TO THE
10 SEED DINER.
NOW, WITH OPTIONAL
SEED BUFFET.
YOUR TOTAL IS
TEN CENTS, PLEASE.
Sal says WHAT, NO DISCOUNT?
Tumbleweed says SAL!
Sal says OH, OKAY.
I'M JUST KIDDING.
HERE IS A DIME.
Tumbleweed says OH OH, THAT'S
ONLY TEN CENTS.
WHERE'S MY TIP?
Sal says NO, YOU DON'T
TIP AT BUFFET.
THERE WAS NO
TABLE SERVICE.
Tumbleweed says THERE WASN'T?
The episode ends.
The TVO Kids logo appears.
Teacher Steven says WOW! THAT IS ONE BUSY HAMSTER.
NOW, CLEARLY WE'RE
ALL NOW EXPERTS ON
IMPROPER FRACTIONS
AND MIXED NUMBERS,
AND IF WE'RE NOT, NOT TO WORRY,
WE ALL LEARN AT OUR OWN PACE,
AND SOMETIMES IT JUST
TAKES A LITTLE MORE PRACTICE.
DON'T FORGET, THAT ALSO MEANS
YOU'RE BRAIN IS GOING TO GROW.
SO, LET'S DO SOME COMPARING OF
IMPROPER FRACTIONS
AND MIXED NUMBERS.
NOW, IT HAS BEEN
AN AWFUL LONG TIME
SINCE I'VE BEEN TO
A PARTY OF ANY KIND,
BUT IF THERE'S ONE THING
I LOVE THE MOST ABOUT A PARTY
OR ANY CELEBRATION, IT'S CAKE.
I ALWAYS THOUGHT THE BEST
PART ABOUT THE PARTY WAS CAKE,
AND ENJOYING IT AT THE PARTY,
AND HOPING THERE'D BE LEFTOVERS,
BECAUSE WE WOULD EAT
THE LEFTOVERS FOR BREAKFAST
THE NEXT DAY.
THAT'S A TRUE STORY.
MY MOM WOULD ALWAYS ORDER A CAKE
THAT WAS JUST A BIT
BIGGER THAN WE NEEDED
SO WE COULD ENJOY
A LITTLE EXTRA FOR OUR FIRST
MEAL OF THE DAY, THE NEXT DAY.
SO, WITH THAT IN MIND,
LET'S DO SOME
VISUALIZING AND COMPARING.
LET'S SAY WE'VE GOT SOME
PARTIES THAT ARE HAPPENING,
AND WE WANT TO
COMPARE HOW MUCH CAKE
THEY'RE GOING TO
HAVE AT THOSE PARTIES.
LET'S LOOK AT PARTY NUMBER ONE.
PARTY NUMBER ONE HAS
TWO AND A HALF CAKES.
SO, THAT MEANS
THAT OUR NUMBER TWO
IS A WHOLE TWO CAKES.
THAT'S OUR WHOLE NUMBER.
THEN THIS NUMBER
OVER HERE IS A HALF.
MAYBE THEY WANT
A HALF CAKE FOR SOME OTHER
GUESTS THAT ARE
MAYBE ARRIVING LATER,
OR MAYBE THEY WANT IT
FOR BREAKFAST THE NEXT DAY.
SO, THEIR CAKES THAT
THEY HAVE LOOK LIKE THIS.
He shows a graph with two whole rectangles and one half.
He says WE HAVE ONE CAKE.
TWO CAKES,
WHICH MAKES OUR TWO WHOLE,
AND OUR HALF RIGHT DOWN
HERE AT THE BOTTOM.
THAT'S AT PARTY NUMBER ONE.
I GUESS THEY'RE GOING
TO HAVE A FEW PEOPLE OVER
IF THEY'RE GOING TO NEED
TWO AND A HALF CAKES.
LET'S HEAD ON OVER
TO PARTY NUMBER TWO.
WELL, PARTY NUMBER TWO HAVE
DECIDED THAT THEY'RE GOING TO
ORDER SEVEN HALVES OF CAKE.
NOW, REMEMBER, THIS IS CALLED A?
IMPROPER FRACTION.
AND OUR IMPROPER FRACTION
MIGHT LOOK A LITTLE CONFUSING,
BUT NOT TO WORRY,
WE'RE GOING TO TURN IT
INTO A MIXED NUMBER
SO IT MAKES A LITTLE MORE SENSE.
SO, LET'S HAVE A LOOK
AT OUR DENOMINATOR,
AND FIGURE OUT HOW MANY TIMES
IT WILL EQUALLY FIT
INTO OUR NUMERATOR.
LET'S COUNT BY TWOS.
TWO, FOUR, SIX.
EIGHT? OH, EIGHT IS
GOING TO BE TOO MANY
BECAUSE EIGHT IS
BIGGER THAN SEVEN.
SO, WE KNOW THAT TWO EQUALLY
FITS INTO SEVEN THREE TIMES.
SO, THREE WILL BE
OUR WHOLE NUMBER.
THEN, WE NEED TO
FIGURE OUT THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THE NUMBER SIX
AND THE NUMBER SEVEN.
IF WE COUNT BETWEEN
SIX AND SEVEN,
IT'S ONE, AND WHAT DO WE SAY
ABOUT OUR DENOMINATOR?
THE DENOMINATOR STAYS THE SAME.
SO, PARTY NUMBER TWO
ARE GOING TO HAVE
ONE, TWO,
THREE WHOLE CAKES,
AND A HALF.
WHO IS GOING TO THAT PARTY?
THREE WHOLE AND ONE HALF.
WELL, I KNOW THAT THEY'VE GOT
MORE THAN PARTY NUMBER ONE,
BECAUSE THEY'VE ONLY
GOT TWO WHOLE CAKES
AND A HALF.
WELL, HANG ON A MINUTE.
IF YOU CAN BELIEVE IT,
THERE'S ACTUALLY THREE PARTIES.
THREE PARTIES!
WHAT A TIME!
SO, LET'S HAVE A LOOK
AT PARTY NUMBER THREE
AND SEE HOW MUCH CAKE
THEY HAVE ORDERED.
MAYBE THAT'LL HELP US DECIDE
WHAT PARTY WE WANT TO GO TO.
PARTY NUMBER THREE HAS
ORDERED FIVE HALVES.
OH, BOY.
HERE'S ANOTHER ONE OF
THOSE IMPROPER FRACTIONS.
SO, FIVE HALVES OF CAKE.
WELL, OUR FIRST STEP
IS GOING TO BE
FIGURING OUT HOW MANY
TIMES OUR DENOMINATOR
WILL FIT INTO OUR NUMERATOR.
COUNT WITH ME BY TWOS.
I KNOW YOU CAN DO IT.
TWO, FOUR.
SI-- OH!
SIX WOULD BE BIGGER THAN FIVE,
WHICH MEANS THAT
TWO EQUALLY FITS
INTO FIVE TWICE.
TWO IS NOW GOING TO
BE OUR WHOLE NUMBER,
WHICH MEANS THEY
HAVE TWO WHOLE CAKES.
NOW, WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS
BETWEEN THE NUMBER FOUR
AND THE NUMBER FIVE,
AND THAT IS GOING TO HELP TO
MAKE UP OUR PROPER FRACTION
THAT GOES WITH OUR WHOLE NUMBER.
SO, TWO TIMES TWO IS FOUR,
WHICH MEANS THAT FOUR TO FIVE
IS JUST ONE,
WHICH MEANS THAT
PARTY NUMBER THREE HAS GOT
ONE, TWO WHOLE
AND ONE HALF CAKES!
WAIT A MINUTE!
THAT MEANS THEY ARE THE SAME
AS PARTY NUMBER ONE!
WELL, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU,
BUT I THINK I'M GOING
TO PARTY NUMBER TWO,
WHERE THEY'VE GOT
THREE AND A HALF CAKES,
AND HOPEFULLY THERE'LL BE
A LITTLE THAT I CAN TAKE
ALONG WITH ME FOR
BREAKFAST THE NEXT DAY.
GREAT JOB COMPARING, EVERYBODY.
NOW, SPEAKING OF CAKE,
THERE'S A YOUNG LADY
NAMED KAKSA'TI:IO,
WHO ENJOYS SOME BIRTHDAY CAKE
ON THIS EPISODE OF
RAVEN'S QUEST.
(music plays)
Clips show a 10 year-old girl with long straight brown hair blowing birthday candles, modeling traditional First Nations clothes, planting seeds, and doing gymnastics.
The narrator says THIS IS KAKSA'TIO.
TODAY'S HER SPECIAL DAY.
Guests cheer and say WOO!
The narrator says SHE'S PROUD TO MODEL
FIRST NATIONS CLOTHING.
SHE'S GOT A GREEN
THUMB FOR GARDENING.
She says AND VOILA.
The narrator says AND SHE'S A WINNING GYMNAST.
READY TO MEET KAKSA'TI:IO?
LET'S GO!
(music plays)
In animation, pictures of several different kids appear hanging on laundry lines. A raven on the lines flies off to the sun and opens his wings as the title of the show appears. It reads "Raven's Quest."
Kaksa'Ti:Io says SHE:KON. HELLO.
I AM KAKSA'TI:IO AND
I AM 10 YEARS OLD.
I AM FROM THE MOHAWK NATION
AND I LIVE IN KANAWÀ:KE WHICH IS
RIGHT NEXT TO MONTREAL.
MY NAME KAKSA'TI:IO MEANS
NICE GIRL OR PRETTY GIRL.
She poses for a photographer.
The photographer says NICE.
Kaksa'Ti:Io says I MODELLED THREE
TIMES BEFORE.
The photographer says YOU'RE GONNA BE ON THE FRONT OF
THE POW-WOW EDITION THIS YEAR BY
THE WAY.
Kaksa'Ti:Io says WHEN I MODEL I FEEL
NERVOUS AND OKAY AT THE SAME
TIME BUT MOST
OF THE TIME I'M NERVOUS.
The photographer says OH MY GOODNESS.
THAT'S AWESOME.
Kaksa'Ti:Io says I AM PROUD TO MODEL
TRADITIONAL CLOTHING AND TO
REPRESENT MY
NATION IN A POSITIVE WAY.
The photographer says THAT LOOKS REALLY GOOD ACTUALLY.
Kaksa'Ti:Io says I LIKE RIBBON DRESSES BECAUSE
THEY'RE REALLY PRETTY AND
THEY'RE COMFORTABLE.
WHEN I WORK WITH DANIEL IT'S
FUNNY BECAUSE HE MAKES UP ALL
THESE JOKES.
A caption reads "Daniel."
Daniel, the photographer, is in his thirties, with short wavy brown hair and a goatee. He wears ochre trousers and a black sweater.
Daniel says DON'T LOOK AT YOUR MOM
SHE DOESN'T KNOW ANYTHING.
NOW YOU CAN'T STOP SMILING.
STOP.
Kaksa'Ti:Io says I THINK DANIEL'S A GREAT
PHOTOGRAPHER.
Daniel says SEE?
WHEN YOU'RE
NATURAL IT'S PERFECT.
YOU DID PRETTY WELL.
SO WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME.
They do a cool handshake.
Kaksa'Ti:Io says GUYS HOW TO SAY SMILE IN MY
LANGUAGE.
SAIÉHSHON.
SAIÉHSHON.
SMILE.
WHEN YOU SMILE IT SHOWS
THAT YOU'RE A GREAT PERSON.
WELCOME TO MY HOUSE.
I'M GOING TO BE
SHOWING YOU GUYS AROUND.
She points at a pre-teen brown haired girl and says THIS IS MY SISTER
KAKSATAHNO:RON.
She points at a blond woman in her thirties and says THIS IS MY ISTA WHICH
MEANS MOM IN MY LANGUAGE.
HEY GUYS.
THIS IS MY ROOM AND I'M
GONNA SHOW YOU GUYS AROUND.
SO OVER HERE ON THE RIGHT IS
MY CLOSET AND I HAVE MY RIBBON
SKIRT OR RIBBON DRESS.
I LOVE THE COLOUR PURPLE AND
GOLD AND IT IS A TRADITIONAL
OUTFIT I WEAR TO SCHOOL AND TO
LIKE SOCIALS AND ALL KINDS OF
THINGS LIKE THAT.
THIS IS MY DREAM-CATCHER
I GOT WHEN I WAS 6.
I GOT IT AT THE POW-WOW BECAUSE
I WAS SCARED OF HAVING BAD
DREAMS AND I DIDN'T
WANT TO HAVE ANYMORE.
THESE ARE MY MEDALS.
I HAVE 5 RIGHT HERE.
4 OF THEM WERE FROM GYMNASTICS.
THIS ONE'S MY FAVOURITE MEDAL
BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE ONE FROM
THE OLYMPICS AND
IT'S REALLY HEAVY.
THIS IS MY TEDDY BEAR I
HAD SINCE I WAS 18 MONTHS.
I NAMED IT LADY.
IT'S BEEN WASHED AND
SEWED SO MANY TIMES.
IT'S MY FAVOURITE.
MY MOM WENT TO MIAMI
RECENTLY AND SHE GOT ME A SHELL.
I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY COOL.
She points at a decorative letter K and says AND THEN HERE I HAVE MY K.
IT STANDS FOR MY NAME.
AND THAT'S THE END
OF MY ROOM TOUR.
HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS ENJOYED.
TODAY'S A REALLY SPECIAL DAY
BECAUSE IT'S MY BIRTHDAY AND
THESE ARE MY FRIENDS.
A brown haired girl says I'M TIOK.
A blond girl says I'M TYLEE.
Another brown haired girl says I'M MYLA.
Kaksa'Ti:Io says MY AUNTIE IS
THROWING A PARTY FOR ME.
LET'S GO INSIDE
AND CHECK IT OUT.
THIS IS MY BABY
BROTHER RAHWATSIRAHNÍ:RATS.
OOH.
THEY BROUGHT US SOME PIZZA.
MMM.
THIS IS MY AUNTIE VANESSA.
Vanessa says HI.
Kaksa'Ti:Io says MY FAVOURITE PIZZA
IS CHEESE PIZZA.
I USED TO TAKE OFF THE CHEESE
TO JUST EAT THE BREAD AND THE
SAUCE.
SO IN MY FAMILY WE SING
HAPPY BIRTHDAY IN MOHAWK.
Her mom brings a cake to the table and all the guests sing.
(SINGING HAPPY
BIRTHDAY IN MOHAWK)
Kaksa'Ti:Io blows the candles and says I REALLY LIKE MY BIRTHDAY CAKE
BECAUSE IT'S A PRETTY COLOUR AND
IT'S VANILLA.
ME AND TYLEE, WE'VE BEEN
FRIENDS SINCE WE WERE BABIES.
I REALLY LIKE MY FRIENDS BECAUSE
THEY'RE FUNNY, THEY'RE NICE AND
THEY ALWAYS MAKE ME LAUGH.
Tiok says I WAS LIKE WHAT IF YOU HAVE AN
UGLY BIRTHDAY CAKE AND TYLEE WAS
LIKE WHAT IF THERE WAS A
DANCING WORM ON YOUR CAKE?
Kaksa'Ti:Io says GLORIOUS.
The girls say CHEERS.
Kaksa'Ti:Io says SO TODAY WE'RE AT THE COMMUNITY
GARDEN AND I'M GOING TO BE
TEACHING YOU GUYS HOW TO PLANT.
I'M GOING TO BE
PLANTING SOME CORN.
RIGHT NOW I'M BREAKING UP THE
DIRT SO I HAVE A NICE SPOT TO
PUT THE SEEDS.
YOU TAKE A CORN FROM
LAST YEAR AND YOU DRY IT.
YOU CAN PICK OFF THE LITTLE
PIECES OF CORN AND THESE ARE THE
SEEDS.
YOU CAN ALSO MAKE CORN HUSK
DOLLS WITH CORN AND YOU CAN ALSO
BRAID CORN.
NO WE'RE GONNA PLANT AND
I'M GONNA USE THREE SEEDS.
YOU HAVE TO PUT THE SEEDS IN THE
BOWL WITH WATER AND SOAK IT FOR
THREE DAYS.
THE CORN WE'RE PLANTING
TODAY IT IS SWEET YELLOW CORN.
AND THE LAST STEP
IS TO WATER IT.
SO, IN ABOUT 8 TO 10 WEEKS, IT'S
GOING TO GROW UP TO 6 FEET TALL.
TALLER THAN I AM RIGHT NOW.
I LIKE PLANTING BECAUSE IT KEEPS
YOU GROUNDED TO MOTHER EARTH AND
IT'S REALLY FUN TO
PLANT AND GET DIRTY.
AND VOILA.
At the gym, Kaksa'Ti:Io says THIS IS MY GYMNASTICS TEAM.
I WAS 3 YEARS OLD WHEN
I STARTED GYMNASTICS.
WHEN I STARTED
COMPETING I WAS 8 YEARS OLD.
I LIKE GYMNASTICS
BECAUSE IT'S FUN.
YOU LEARN NEW THINGS AND YOU CAN
GROW FROM JUST DOING THAT SPORT.
WHEN I COMPETE I'M SCARED
AND NERVOUS BUT ALSO EXCITED.
TONIGHT I'M NOT DOING A ROUTINE.
I'M JUST PRACTISING MY STUFF.
ON BEAM I HAVE TO WORK ON BACK
HAND SPRINGS, ROUND-OFFS AND
FRONT WALK OVERS FOR MY
NEXT YEAR'S COMPETITIONS.
ON BARS I AM BEST
AT HAND STANDS.
I REALLY LIKE MY COACHES BECAUSE
THEY HELP ME WITH ALL THE MOVES
AND IF I'M SCARED THEY WILL SPOT
ME THE FIRST FEW AND THEN AFTER
THAT THEY WILL LET ME GO BY
MYSELF BUT STILL BE THERE JUST
IN CASE.
IN THE FUTURE I WOULD LIKE TO GO
TO THE OLYMPICS BUT IF I DON'T
MAKE IT THAT FAR I'LL
PROBABLY BE A DANCER OR COACH AT
GYMNASTICS.
THANKS FOR WATCHING.
O:NEN.
All the team say GOODBYE.
Music plays as the end credits roll.
Logo: TVO Kids.
Logo: Apartment 11 Productions.
Copyright 2019, Florence Productions Inc.
Teacher Steven says THANKS, KAKSA'TI:IO,
AND HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY.
WELL, WHEN IT'S COLD OUTSIDE
AND I'VE GOT TO DO THE LAUNDRY,
I USUALLY USE
THE DRYER INSIDE MY HOUSE,
BUT WHEN IT'S NICE OUTSIDE
AND THERE'S A LOVELY BREEZE,
I LIKE TO USE MY CLOTHES LINE.
WHEN I WAS GROWING UP,
WE HAD A CLOTHESLINE IN
THE BACK OF OUR HOUSE
THAT CONNECTED TO FOUR
OTHER CLOTHESLINES ON
A LARGE POLE IN OUR BACKYARD.
ON A NICE DAY, WHEN EVERYBODY
WOULD BE DOING THEIR LAUNDRY,
AND THE WIND WOULD BLOW,
IT LOOKED LIKE A COLOURFUL
PINWHEEL IN ALL
OF OUR BACKYARDS.
WELL, FOR YOU TODAY
I HAVE BROUGHT
MY CLOTHESLINE INSIDE,
AND ON ONE END
I HAVE THE WORD "LEAST,"
AND THEN ON THE OTHER END
I HAVE THE WORD "GREATEST."
TODAY, YOU'RE GOING TO
HELP ME DO SOME LAUNDRY
BY ORDERING SOME FRACTIONS.
NOW, I HAVE A VARIETY OF
DIFFERENT FRACTIONS TODAY
TO PUT ON MY CLOTHESLINE.
SO, LET'S HAVE A LOOK.
THE FIRST FRACTION THAT I HAVE
IS ONE OVER TWO.
WE CALL THIS FRACTION
ONE-HALF AS WELL.
THE NUMERATOR IS A ONE,
THE DENOMINATOR IS A TWO.
WHICH MEANS THAT ONE HALF IS
ONE HALF OF ONE WHOLE.
SO, THIS FRACTION IS ACTUALLY
KIND OF SMALL.
SO, I THINK I'M GOING TO
START BY PUTTING THIS FRACTION
CLOSER TO THE LEAST END
OF MY DRYER RACK HERE.
ALRIGHT, ON WITH OUR CHORES.
MY NEXT FRACTION,
IT LOOKS A LOT BIGGER.
THIS FRACTION IS
TWO AND THREE-QUARTERS.
I HAVE TWO WHOLE,
AND THREE OVER FOUR.
NOW, THREE-QUARTERS
IS VERY CLOSE
TO ONE WHOLE,
BUT IF WE WERE TO ADD
ANOTHER WHOLE THAT MUST MEAN
THAT MY TWO AND THREE-QUARTERS
IS PRETTY BIG,
BUT I'M NOT QUITE SURE
HOW MUCH MORE WE'VE GOT
IN OUR LAUNDRY PILE TODAY.
SO, I'M GOING TO
PUT IT CLOSER TO
THE GREATER END
OF OUR CLOTHESLINE.
TWO WHOLE AND THREE-QUARTERS.
OH, OUR LAUNDRY
IS STARTING TO DRY.
HOW SATISFYING.
ALRIGHT, NOW, OUR NEXT NUMBER
IS PRETTY SIMPLE.
THIS NUMBER IS
ONE WHOLE.
WELL, THIS ISN'T
A FRACTION AT ALL,
BUT WE SHOULD PROBABLY
PUT IT ON THE LINE
SO WE'RE ABLE TO
ORDER OUR SHIRTS
OR OUR FRACTIONS EFFECTIVELY.
SO, ONE WHOLE, WELL,
IT'S DEFINITELY
BIGGER THAN ONE HALF.
IN FACT, ONE HALF IS SIMPLE
HALF OF A WHOLE.
SO, MAYBE I'LL PUT IT
DOWN NEAR THIS END,
THE LEAST END,
WITH OUR SMALLER FRACTIONS,
AND IF I HAVE TO MOVE IT,
THEN I'LL MOVE IT MOVE IT
IN THE OTHER DIRECTION.
ONE WHOLE.
TERRIFIC.
OH, NO!
SIX QUARTERS
OR SIX OVER FOUR.
HOW ARE WE GOING TO ARRANGE
THIS FRACTION ON
OUR CLOTHES LINE?
HM.
WE SHOULD PROBABLY CONVERT THIS
IMPROPER FRACTION
INTO A MIXED NUMBER.
NOW, TO START, WHAT DO WE DO
WITH OUR DENOMINATOR?
IF YOU SAID, "FIGURE OUT HOW
MANY TIMES WE CAN
FIT IT IN OUR NUMERATOR,"
YOU'D BE CORRECT.
SO, FOUR GOES INTO SIX
HOW MANY TIMES?
FOUR. EIGHT.
EIGHT IS WAY TOO BIG,
WHICH MEANS THAT FOUR
ONLY GOES INTO SIX
ONE WHOLE TIME.
NOW, WE NEED TO FIGURE
OUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
THE NUMBER FOUR
AND THE NUMBER SIX.
COUNT WITH ME.
FIVE.
SIX.
OH!
IT'S ONLY TWO,
WHICH MEANS TWO IS GOING TO
BECOME THE NUMERATOR IN
OUR NEW PROPER FRACTION
THAT GOES WITH OUR WHOLE NUMBER,
AND REMEMBER,
THE DENOMINATOR DOES WHAT?
THE DENOMINATOR STAYS THE SAME,
WHICH MEANS SIX OVER FOUR
IS EQUAL TO ONE WHOLE
AND TWO OVER FOUR.
WELL, THAT IS A LOT
EASIER TO UNDERSTAND.
SO, MAYBE, I'LL PUT IT
JUST OVER FROM ONE WHOLE,
BECAUSE IT IS DEFINITELY SMALLER
THAN TWO AND THREE-QUARTERS,
AND WE KNOW THAT
BECAUSE ONE WHOLE
IS SMALLER THAN TWO WHOLE.
LET'S PUT IT
RIGHT HERE IN FRONT.
He puts it in the middle of the line and says EXCELLENT.
HM.
WE HAVE ANOTHER
SMALLER FRACTION,
AND WE MIGHT HAVE TO MOVE A FEW
THINGS ON OUR LAUNDRY LINE,
BECAUSE OUR NEXT FRACTION
IS THREE-QUARTERS.
THREE OVER FOUR.
THIS IS A PROPER FRACTION
BECAUSE THE NUMERATOR IS SMALLER
THAN THE DENOMINATOR,
BUT IT'S DEFINITELY
SMALLER THAN ONE WHOLE.
HM.
IS IT BIGGER THAN ONE HALF?
YOU KNOW, I WAS WATCHING
AN EPISODE OF POWER HOUR
WHERE THEY TALKED ABOUT MONEY.
NOW, THIS GUY
TALKING ABOUT MONEY
SURE SEEMED LIKE HE KNEW
WHAT HE WAS GETTING AT,
BECAUSE HE SAID
THAT TWO QUARTERS
WAS THE SAME AS ONE HALF.
SO, THAT MEANS THREE QUARTERS
MUST BE SLIGHTLY
BIGGER THAN ONE HALF.
I WOULD DEFINITELY
CHECK THAT EPISODE OUT
IF YOU HAVE THE TIME.
SO, OUR THREE-QUARTERS
IS GOING TO GO
JUST AFTER ONE-HALF,
WHICH MEANS I'M GOING TO MOVE
THESE ONES OVER JUST A TINY BIT,
TO MAKE ROOM FOR OUR NEW
LAUNDRY ON THE LINE.
He puts 3 quarters between 1 half and 1 whole.
He says TERRIFIC!
WELL, WE'VE GOT ONE MORE SHIRT
AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PILE.
I HOPE I GET MY ALLOWANCE
FOR HANGING ALL THESE SHIRTS UP
ON THE LINE.
THIS FRACTION HAS A THREE
FOR THE WHOLE NUMBER.
NOW, ONCE AGAIN,
WE CALL THIS A MIXED NUMBER
BECAUSE IT HAS A WHOLE NUMBER
AND A PROPER FRACTION.
THREE WHOLE AND ONE OVER FOUR
OR ONE-QUARTER.
THIS MEANS THAT THERE
ARE FOUR EQUAL PARTS,
AND ONE OUT OF
THOSE FOUR EQUAL PARTS
IS SHOWN IN THIS FRACTION.
WELL, THE LAST FRACTION
THAT WE HAVE ON THE END,
CLOSEST TO GREATER,
BEGINS WITH TWO,
OUR WHOLE NUMBER
IN OUR MIXED NUMBER IS TWO.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU,
BUT I'M PRETTY SURE
THAT THREE WHOLE
IS GREATER THAN TWO WHOLE.
SO, I THINK WE'LL PUT IT AT
THE VERY END OF OUR CLOTHESLINE.
OUTSTANDING!
WE HAVE ORDERED ALL OF OUR
FRACTIONS FROM
LEAST TO GREATEST,
AND THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP!
GOT IT?
GREAT!
I'M GOING TO LET THESE
FRACTIONS DRY ON THE LINE
AND GO EXPLORING FOR FRACTIONS,
AND SPEAKING OF
EVERY DAY FRACTIONS,
PLEASE ENJOY
THE MUSICAL STYLINGS OF
PROFESSOR P,
AND THE BEAUTIFUL SINGING VOICE
OF LADY VOCAB.
TAKE IT AWAY!
The show rolls.
Professor P says I'M YOUR HUMBLE HOST
PROFESSOR P,
AND NOW GET READY FOR
THE LADY OF LYRICS,
LADY VOCAB!
Lady Vocab says THANKS PROFESSOR P,
ARE YOU READY TO
DELVE INTO THE
DICTIONARY?
Professor P says SURE WE ARE,
TODAY'S WORD IS
FRACTION, WHICH IS
A MATHEMATICAL TERM.
AND NOUN THAT MEANS
THAT A PART OF A
PIECE OF THE WHOLE,
AS IN IF WE DIVIDE
UP DESSERT, WE EACH GET
A FRACTION OF THE PIE.
Lady Vocab says OOH, OR AS IN UM, IF
WE DIVIDE UP THE PIE
INTO FOUR EQUAL PARTS,
WE EACH GET A QUARTER?
Professor P says UM HM, YES, YES,
THAT'S A LOT OF PIE
BUT YES MY LADY
Lady Vocab takes of her glasses and says THAT REMINDS ME PROFESSOR,
WHEN I WAS JUST A YOUNG
GIRL, GROWING UP,
DREAMING OF BECOMING
A STAR, I WAS PLAYING
IN THE SCHOOLYARD,
AND THE SCHOOL BULLY
TRIED TO STEAL MY
WHOLE CHOCOLATE BAR.
Professor P says HEY! HAD HE NEVER
HEARD OF SHARING?
Lady Vocab says APPARENTLY NOT, SO
I SAID IF WE SPLIT
IT IN TWO, WE EACH
GET HALF OF THE
CHOCOLATE BAR!
Professor P says THAT SEEMS LOGICAL,
DID IT WORK?
Lady Vocab says NO! SO I SAID, HEY
LOOK OVER THERE,
THERE'S A FLYING
DICTIONARY, AND THEN
I TOOK BACK MY WHOLE
CHOCOLATE BAR.
Professor P says HMM
Lady Vocab says BUT I STILL GAVE
HIM A QUARTER
Professor P says WELL I HOPE HE LEARNED
HIS LESSON AND HIS FRACTIONS.
Lady Vocab says ME TOO!
HIT IT!
Lady Vocab dances and sings DO THE FRACTION DANCE
DO THE FRACTION DANCE
HERE WE GO
IT'S ABOUT SHARING
WITH YOUR FRIEND
Professor P sings FRACTIONS MAKES
SHARING SO FUN,
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS
DIVIDE UP A WHOLE ONE
FRACTIONS CAN BE
SO BREEZY,
Lady Vocab sings A PIECE OF PIE
OR YOUR TIME
Professor P sings WITH FRACTIONS,
WONDERFUL THINGS
TVO KIDS, I SEE THAT
THE SUM OF THE PARTS
DO MAKE UP THE WHOLE
SLICE UP SOME
FRACTIONS TODAY,
WE'LL SEE YOU
NEXT TIME.
Lady Vocab sings FRACTIONS, ALL YOU
DO IS DIVIDE.
FRACTIONS, FRACTIONS,
FRACTIONS, FRACTIONS.
The show ends.
Teacher Steven says WOW, THAT LADY VOCAB
HAS GOT SOME KIND OF LOOK.
WELL, I HOPE YOU'VE
ENJOYED OUR DEEP DIVE
INTO THE WORLD OF
IMPROPER FRACTIONS
AND MIXED NUMBERS.
AND THE NEXT TIME YOU
ORDER A COUPLE OF PIZZAS
AND BEFORE YOU DIVIDE THEM UP,
HAVE A QUICK LOOK
BEFORE AND AFTER.
HOW MANY WHOLE PIZZAS
DO YOU HAVE LEFT?
THAT WOULD BE A PIZZA
WITH NO PIECES GONE!
MAYBE YOU HAVE
ONE-HALF A PIZZA LEFT.
MAYBE YOU HAVE
LESS THAN A WHOLE,
OR MAYBE TWO-THIRDS,
OR MAYBE ONE-QUARTER,
OR, IF YOU'RE LIKE MY HOUSE,
THE ONLY THING
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE
IS A BUNCH OF EMPTY BOXES.
SO, FOR TVOKIDS
AND THE
POWER HOUR OF LEARNING,
I'M TEACHER STEVEN,
AND I HOPE TO SEE
YOU AGAIN REAL SOON.
A caption reads "Bonus material."
Another episode of "Tumbletown Tales" rolls.
In his castle, Tumbleweed speaks on the phone with his friend Brent.
Tumbleweed says SO, YOU'RE PAINTING
IT A NEW COLOUR?
REALLY?
SO, THE DINER'S GOING
TO BE CLOSED ALL WEEK?
Brent says YOU GOT IT, BUDDY.
THEY'RE STARTING
PAINTING TOMORROW.
THE PLACE IS GOING
TO BE CLOSED ALL WEEK.
Tumbleweed says OKAY, THANKS FOR CALLING, BRENT.
BYE.
A WHOLE WEEK OFF.
WHAT SHOULD I DO?
OH, I COULD ENJOY
THE WARM WEATHER
AND SOAK IN SOME RAYS.
OR MAYBE I SHOULD
CATCH UP ON MY PVR.
OR I COULD PAINT
THAT PORTRAIT OF TWIGGY
I'VE BEEN PROMISING HIM.
NO, THAT WOULD TAKE WEEKS.
IT WOULD HAVE TO BE PERFECT.
THIS MAGAZINE,
IT GIVES ME AN IDEA.
I CAN EXPAND MY CASTLE.
I'LL BUILD ANOTHER ROOM
AND THEN MAYBE THEY'LL PUT
A PICTURE OF IT IN THE MAGAZINE.
(LAUGHING)
He gets on his boat and says I'M GONNA BE FAMOUS!
YOU HEAR THAT, WORLD? FAMOUS!
Now he hits the road in his red car and says DRIVING IN MY CAR
GONNA EXPAND MY CASTLE
AND BECOME A STAR
CASTLE DIGEST MAGAZINE!
AH, CASTLE DEPOT.
THEY'LL HAVE WHAT I NEED.
He pulls up at Castle Depot and says HELLO. 900 BRICKS, PLEASE.
He puts the bricks on a trolley and drives.
Tumbleweed hits the road and sings a song that goes GONNA TAKE MY BRICKS HOME
AND BUILD A NEW ROOM
EVEN THOUGH I DON'T
KNOW WHAT I'M DOING
I WILL HAVE TO FIGURE
THAT OUT SOON
CHA CHA CHA
(PANTING)
At the docks, Tumbleweed pants and says OKAY, I FINALLY
UNLOADED ALL THESE BRICKS.
THAT WAS HARD.
UM, THERE ARE WAY TOO MANY
BRICKS TO CARRY IN MY BOAT.
UH, HELLO?
I'D LIKE TO HIRE THE FERRY,
PLEASE.
A white rodent says WHOA, THERE, FUZZY FACE.
YOU TRYIN' TO SINK ME BOAT?
I CAN ONLY TAKE
400 BRICKS PER TRIP.
SO, HOW MANY TRIPS DO YOU NEED?
Tumbleweed says UM, I HAVE 900 BRICKS HERE,
SO LET ME THINK.
YOU DON'T HAPPEN TO HAVE
A CALCULATOR I CAN BORROW,
BY ANY CHANCE?
The rodent says YEAH, MAN, I THINK YOU BETTER.
Tumbleweed says OKAY, LET ME SEE.
I NEED TO FIGURE THIS OUT.
I HAVE 900 BRICKS.
BUT I NEED TO DIVIDE THAT
INTO PILES OF 400 BRICKS.
SO, 900 DIVIDED BY 400 IS
TWO WITH SOME LEFT OVER.
(LAUGHING)
Tumbleweed says I WILL NEED TWO TRIPS, PLEASE.
SO, WHAT'S THE MAXIMUM NUMBER
BRICKS YOU'VE EVER TAKEN?
The rodent says 400.
Tumbleweed says OH, LIKE 400 IS
THE MOST YOU CAN TAKE?
The rodent says YEAH.
The rodent says I GUESS THAT'S WHY
WE WERE TALKING. OKAY.
WELL, THIS IS THE FIRST TRIP,
SO THAT'S...
OKAY, WATCH OUT,
REMAINDER OF BRICKS.
WE ARE COMING TO GET YOU.
The rodent says NO, MAN,
YOU CAN'T TAKE ALL THE BRICKS.
I TOLD YOU THIS...
Tumbleweed says REMAINDER OF BRICKS.
(LAUGHING)
Tumbleweed says LET'S GO! AH!
OH, I CAN'T WAIT TO BUILD
THIS ADDITION TO MY CASTLE.
I HOPE I DIDN'T
LEAVE ANYTHING BEHIND.
The rodent says YOU DID, MAN! DIDN'T YOU SEE?
YOU LEFT STUFF BEHIND!
Tumbleweed says WHAT, LIKE MY CAR?
The rodent says NOT YOUR CAR, FUZZY FACE.
Tumbleweed says WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WAIT, HAVE WE UNLOADED THEM ALL?
IT DOESN'T LOOK
LIKE ALL MY BRICKS YET.
The rodent says WELL, MAN.
YOU TOLD ME YOU
NEEDED TWO TRIPS.
THAT'S TWO TIMES 400.
THAT EQUAL 800 BRICKS.
Tumbleweed says BUT I HAD 900 BRICKS!
The rodent says IF YOU WANTED THEM ALL ACROSS,
YOU WOULD HAVE
NEEDED THREE TRIPS.
Tumbleweed says OH, NO!
I IGNORED THE DECIMAL
POINT TWO FIVE!
The rodent says WELL, I GOT TA GO, FUZZY FACE.
I'M LATE FOR ME
NEXT FERRY PICKUP.
Tumbleweed says NO.
The rodent says GOOD LUCK WITH
YOUR CONSTRUCTION.
Tumbleweed says DON'T LEAVE ME!
The rodent says I EXPECT AN INVITATION
TO THE CASTLE WARMING PARTY.
Tumbleweed says WAIT, I HAVE MORE BRICKS!
I DON'T HAVE ALL MY BRICKS!
HE LEFT.
Later, Tumbleweed builds an incomplete brick wall and says HUH.
He clears his throat and says OKAY, SO IT'S NOT PERFECT.
I GUESS THIS WON'T EXACTLY GET
ME INTO CASTLE DIGEST MAGAZINE.
'CAUSE YOU HAVE TO HAVE
A WHOLE CASTLE WALL,
AND I CLEARLY DON'T
BECAUSE I HAVE THIS BIG HOLE,
BUT I CAN SEE LOTS OF
THINGS THROUGH THE HOLE!
I CAN SEE CHINCHILLA!
HEY, CHINCHILLA, LOOK!
I HAVE A HOLE IN MY WALL!
HEY, CHINCHILLA, OVER HERE!
Chinchilla says CHINCHILLA?
Tumbleweed says ISN'T IT NICE?
Chinchilla says CHINCHILLA!
Now an episode of TVO Kids Homework Zone rolls.
Teacher Troy is in his thirties, bald and with a shadow of a beard. He wears a blue Homework Help T-shirt.
He says HEY, TVOKIDS!
THIS IS TEACHER TROY,
AND WE'RE GOING TO BE
TALKING ABOUT FRACTIONS.
FRACTIONS TALK ABOUT DIVISION.
AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO
REMEMBER THAT THE DENOMINATOR
TALKS ABOUT HOW MANY EQUAL PARTS
THE WHOLE IS DIVIDED INTO.
WHEN WE TALK
ABOUT THE NUMERATOR,
IT TELLS US HOW MANY
EQUAL PARTS ARE REPRESENTED.
NOW, WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING
OFTENTIMES WHEN WE'RE DEALING
WITH FRACTIONS IS
WE HAVE TO COMPARE.
WHEN YOU COMPARE, YOU'RE LOOKING
AT TWO OR MORE THINGS
AND HOW DO THEY LOOK
AGAINST EACH OTHER.
WHICH ONE'S LARGER,
WHICH ONE'S SMALLER.
SO, WHAT WE CAN DO IS I'M GOING
TO SHOW YOU SOME TRICKS TODAY
ON HOW WE CAN HELP YOU,
WHAT WILL HELP YOU,
ON COMPARING FRACTIONS.
He shows 4 wooden hexagon divided in different ways. A whole yellow hexagon, a red hexagon divided in two equal parts, a blue one divided in 3 equal parts, and a green one divided in 6.
He says SO, WE START OFF HERE AT
THE BOARD JUST TO RECAP.
IF YOU LOOK AT OUR HEXAGON,
OUR HEXAGON IN THIS CASE,
THE DENOMINATOR IS NONE,
BECAUSE THE WHOLE IS DIVIDED
INTO ONE EQUAL PART.
IN THIS CASE, THE DENOMINATOR
IS TWO BECAUSE THE WHOLE IS
DIVIDED IN TWO EQUAL PARTS.
IN THIS CASE
THE DENOMINATOR IS THREE,
'CAUSE THE WHOLE IS
DIVIDED IN THREE EQUAL PARTS.
AND OF COURSE HERE
OUR DENOMINATOR IS SIX,
'CAUSE OUR WHOLE IS
DIVIDED INTO SIX EQUAL PARTS.
SO, AS WE KNOW,
AS THE DENOMINATOR GETS LARGER,
THE ACTUAL PIECES GET SMALLER,
AND THAT'S OFTENTIMES
A LITTLE CONFUSING,
BECAUSE YOU THINK
A LARGER NUMBER MEANS
SOMETHING THAT'S BIGGER.
ALL IT MEANS IS THERE'S
MORE SPLITS OR MORE SLICES.
SO, IF WE LOOK AT THE BOARD,
WE SEE WE HAVE THREE
FRACTIONS HERE THAT
WE WANT TO COMPARE.
NOW, IF WE LOOK AT IT,
WE HAVE TWO-THIRDS,
ONE-HALF, AND FIVE-SIXTHS.
SO, IN LOOKING AT THAT,
WHICH ONE IS SMALLER,
AND WHAT ORDER
WOULD YOU PUT THEM IN?
WHICH IS SMALLEST TO LARGEST.
SO, WHAT WE'LL DO IS
WE'LL GO BACK TO OUR MODELS,
AND WE'LL LOOK AT IT,
AND LET'S FORM IT.
SO, WE'LL START OFF
WITH THE TWO-THIRDS.
SO, TWO-THIRDS,
WE LOOK AT THE BLUE,
BECAUSE THE WHOLE IS
DIVIDED INTO THREE EQUAL PARTS,
MEANING OUR
DENOMINATOR IS THREE.
SO, I TAKE TWO OF THEM,
'CAUSE TWO ARE REPRESENTED.
SO, THAT RIGHT THERE GIVES
US A REPRESENTATION OF WHAT
TWO-THIRDS WOULD BE.
THEN WE LOOK AT ONE-HALF,
WHICH IS RIGHT HERE.
A WHOLE IS DIVIDED
IN TWO EQUAL PARTS.
ONE IS REPRESENTED.
SO, WE HAVE THAT LEFTOVER,
AND WE LOOK AT FIVE-SIXTHS.
SO, I TAKE THE SIXTHS.
I TAKE FIVE OF THEM.
THE WHOLE IS DIVIDED
INTO SIX EQUAL PARTS.
FIVE IS REPRESENTED.
AND NOW WHAT WE DO
IS WE COMPARE THEM.
SO, IF WE LOOK AT IT... ..I CAN ACTUALLY PLACE
ONE-HALF OVER
THE TWO-THIRDS
AND WE KNOW THAT ALL OF
A SUDDEN NOW THE TWO-THIRDS
MUST BE LARGER THAN ONE HALF.
SO, THAT WOULD MEAN
THAT ONE-HALF IS SMALLER.
IF WE LOOK AT IT, WE KNOW THAT
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE.
THIS TWO-THIRDS ACTUALLY FITS... ..EQUALLY OVER
AND THERE'S ONE LEFT OVER.
AND LOOK AT THAT.
He places the red half on top of the blue and green parts and says SO, ALL OF A SUDDEN,
YOU CAN SEE,
STACKED ON TOP OF EACH OTHER,
WHICH IS SMALLEST TO LARGEST.
SO, IF WE LOOK AT IT,
WE KNOW THAT ONE-HALF,
THEN TWO-THIRDS,
THEN FIVE-SIXTHS.
SO, WHAT'S IMPORTANT HERE,
TVOKIDS, IS WE HAVE TO
REALLY LOOK AT THE PIECES,
AND ONCE YOU LOOK AT THE PIECES,
THAT'S WHERE THE PUZZLE'S
GOING TO GET SOLVED,
AND THEN COMPARING THAT
AND LOOKING AT IT,
WE ALSO SEE THAT ALL BECAUSE
A NUMBER IS LARGER,
AS IN WITH FIVE-SIXTHS,
IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S
ALWAYS GOING TO BE BIGGER,
BECAUSE RIGHT HERE WE KNOW
THAT TWO-THIRDS IS LARGER THAN
ONE-HALF, AND TWO-THIRDS
IS SMALLER THAN FIVE-SIXTHS.
SO, WE JUST HAVE TO LOOK AT IT,
PLAY WITH IT,
AND SEE HOW IT WORKS.
I'M TEACHER TROY,
AND I HOPE THAT HELPS.
A caption reads "TVO Kids would like to thank all the teachers involved in the Power Hour of Learning as they continue to teach the children of Ontario from their homes."
Copyright 2021, The Ontario Educational Communications Authority.
The announcer says WELCOME TO
TVOKIDS
POWER HOUR OF LEARNING.
The caption changes to "Today's Junior lesson: Improper and mixed fractions."
The caption changes to "Junior 4-6: Teacher Steven."
Teacher Steven is in his forties, bald and with a thick beard. He wears glasses and a blue shirt.
He says HELLO, EVERYONE,
AND WELCOME TO THIS
POWER HOUR.
I'M TEACHER STEVEN,
AND OF ALL THE PLACES
YOU COULD BE RIGHT NOW,
I'M SO HAPPY YOU'RE HERE.
WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT
THINGS TODAY IN THE MARVELLOUS
WORLD OF MATH,
BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER
THAT SOMETIMES THE THINGS
WE TALK ABOUT CAN BE TOUGH,
AND IF YOU DON'T GET IT
RIGHT THE FIRST TIME,
NOT TO WORRY.
JEEPERS, WHEN I WAS YOUNG,
I USED TO GET SO CONFUSED
AND IT USED TO UPSET ME,
BUT DID YOU KNOW THAT
WHEN YOU GET SOMETHING WRONG
YOUR BRAIN ACTUALLY GROWS?
YEAH, IT'S TRUE.
WHEN I WAS YOUNGER,
I USED TO GET SO DISCOURAGED
WHEN I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND
SOMETHING THE FIRST TIME,
AND NOW THAT I'M AN ADULT,
I'M HERE TO
TELL YOU IT'S A-OKAY.
SO, LET'S GET GOING,
AND DON'T EVER, EVER,
EVER BE AFRAID
TO MAKE A MISTAKE.
TODAY, WE ARE
GOING TO TALK ABOUT
IMPROPER AND MIXED FRACTIONS.
FRACTIONS ARE PART OF
A PIECE OF SOMETHING,
SOMETHING BIGGER.
THOSE PARTS WE CALL EQUAL,
BECAUSE EACH PART
IS THE SAME SIZE
OR WORTH THE SAME AMOUNT.
THOSE EQUAL PARTS
ALL BELONG TO A THING.
WELL, WHAT IS THAT
THING THAT YOU MIGHT ASK?
WELL, ANYTHING THAT
CAN BE DIVIDED
INTO EQUAL PARTS.
THE THING IS WHAT
WE CALL ALL THE PARTS
WHEN THEY'RE PUT TOGETHER,
AND WHAT WE CALL THAT
THING IS ONE WHOLE.
IT WOULD BE LIKE
ONE WHOLE PIZZA.
He shows a prop pizza divided in 4 equal pieces and says WE ALWAYS USE THE PIZZA
TO EXPLAIN FRACTIONS.
EACH PIECE OF MY PIZZA IS EQUAL,
WHICH MEANS THEY
ALL ARE THE SAME SIZE.
WHEN THE PIECES ARE TOGETHER,
IT IS ONE WHOLE PIZZA,
BUT PIZZA ISN'T THE ONLY THING
THAT CAN BE DIVIDED
INTO EQUAL PARTS.
MY COUCH IN
THE BACK OF MY HOUSE.
IT HAS THREE CUSHIONS,
AND EACH ONE OF THOSE
CUSHIONS IS THE SAME SIZE.
WELL, IF I TAKE ONE OF
MY CUSHIONS OFF THE COUCH,
MY COUCH SIMPLY
DOESN'T LOOK COMPLETE.
SO, TODAY, WE'RE NOT ONLY
TALKING ABOUT PROPER FRACTIONS,
BUT PARTS OF THEM
AND MORE THAN ONE WHOLE.
WE CALL THOSE IMPROPER
AND MIXED FRACTIONS.
THOSE FRACTIONS ARE
A BIT MORE COMPLICATED,
BUT HAVE MANY OF
THE SAME CHARACTERISTICS
OF PROPER FRACTIONS.
NOW, LET'S SEND THINGS
OVER TO TEACHER SHAHANA
TO GO OVER THE BASICS
OF IMPROPER FRACTIONS
AND MIXED NUMBERS.
Teacher Shahana stands in front of a big screen.
Teacher Shahana is in her twenties, with above the shoulder straight brown hair. She wears black leggings and a blue Homework Zone T-shirt.
A caption on the screen reads "Improper fractions and mixed numbers."
She says HI, TVOKIDS.
I'M TEACHER SHAHANA.
AND I'M HERE TODAY
TO TALK TO YOU
ABOUT IMPROPER FRACTIONS
AND MIXED NUMBERS.
NOW, BEFORE WE BEGIN,
LET'S REVIEW WHAT A FRACTION IS.
NOW, A FRACTION IS A
PART OF A WHOLE.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF I HAVE
A WHOLE CHOCOLATE BAR
THAT'S DIVIDED INTO
FOUR EQUAL PIECES
AND I EAT ONE PIECE
OUT OF THE FOUR...
THAT WOULD
MEAN THAT I'VE EATEN
ONE FOURTH OR ONE QUARTER
OF THE CHOCOLATE BAR,
AND THAT WOULD BE
MY FRACTION.
NOW, KEEP IN MIND, JUST IF YOU
FORGOT, IN CASE YOU FORGOT,
THE NUMBER AT THE
TOP OF THE FRACTION
IS WHAT WE
CALL THE NUMERATOR,
AND THE NUMBER AT THE BOTTOM
IS CALLED THE DENOMINATOR.
NOW, WHEN THE NUMERATOR IS
SMALLER THAN THE DENOMINATOR,
THAT'S WHAT WE CALL A
PROPER FRACTION.
Now a question appears on screen that reads "Let's say I buy four candy bars to share with my friends."
Pictures of the 4 friends appear with different fractions of the candy bars below.
Shahana says NOW, LET'S SAY I GO OUT AND
I BUY FOUR CHOCOLATE BARS
TO SHARE WITH
MY FRIENDS.
NOW, NOTICE THAT
THE CHOCOLATE BARS
ARE STILL DIVIDED INTO FOUR
EQUAL PIECES EACH.
LET'S SAY THE FIRST FRIEND
EATS ALL OF HIS CHOCOLATE BAR,
BECAUSE HE'S
REALLY HUNGRY.
SO HE'S EATEN FOUR FOURTHS
OF HIS CHOCOLATE BAR
OR FOUR QUARTERS.
THE SECOND PERSON ALSO EATS
THE ENTIRE CHOCOLATE BAR
OR FOUR QUARTERS.
THE THIRD PERSON
DOES THE SAME.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER
FOUR QUARTERS.
BUT I'M NOT
THAT HUNGRY ANYMORE,
SO I EAT ONLY ONE QUARTER
OF MY CHOCOLATE BAR.
NOW, IF WE ADD UP ALL
OF THOSE AMOUNTS...
FOUR PLUS FOUR PLUS FOUR
PLUS ONE MORE QUARTER
GIVES ME A TOTAL
OF 13 QUARTERS.
NOW, THIS FRACTION LOOKS
A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT
THAN WHAT WE'VE
SEEN BEFORE,
BECAUSE THE
NUMBER AT THE TOP
IS BIGGER THAN THE
NUMBER AT THE BOTTOM,
OR IN OTHER WORDS,
THE NUMERATOR
IS BIGGER THAN
THE DENOMINATOR.
LOOKS A LITTLE
BIT FUNNY,
BUT IT DOES EXIST,
AND IT'S CALLED
AN IMPROPER FRACTION.
NOW, IF WE WANT OUR
IMPROPER FRACTION
TO LOOK A LITTLE
BIT MORE FRIENDLY,
HERE'S WHAT WE
MIGHT DO.
WE'LL GO BACK TO THE
QUESTION THAT WE JUST DID.
Now the screen shows the improper fraction the left and the mixed number to the right.
Shahana says AND WE SAID THAT
THE FIRST THREE FRIENDS
EAT ALL FOUR PIECES OF
THEIR WHOLE CHOCOLATE BAR
AND I ONLY EAT ONE.
SO, WE SAID
THAT ALTOGETHER,
THAT GIVES
US 13 QUARTERS.
OKAY. NOW, IF YOU
LOOK REALLY CLOSELY,
YOU'LL NOTICE THAT
THAT'S THE SAME THING
AS ONE, TWO,
THREE WHOLE
CHOCOLATE BARS
AND ONE QUARTER
OF A CHOCOLATE BAR
OR IN OTHER WORDS,
THREE AND A QUARTER.
SO THEREFORE,
THIS AMOUNT IS EXACTLY
THE SAME THING AS THIS AMOUNT,
AND THEREFORE, WE CAN
CHANGE AN IMPROPER FRACTION
TO A MIXED NUMBER.
NOW, A MIXED NUMBER
IS WHAT WE SEE OVER HERE,
WHICH IS A WHOLE NUMBER WITH
A FRACTION ADDED ONTO IT.
SO, WE CAN CHANGE
AN IMPROPER FRACTION
TO A MIXED NUMBER...
AND THE OTHER
WAY AROUND.
A caption reads "13 quarters is the same as 3 and a quarter."
Shahana says THANKS FOR
LISTENING, TVOKIDS.
I'M TEACHER SHAHANA,
AND NOW, YOU KNOW ALL
ABOUT IMPROPER FRACTIONS
AND MIXED NUMBERS.
The clip ends.
Teacher Steven says THANK YOU, TEACHER SHAHANA.
OH, MY GOODNESS.
ALL THIS TALK ABOUT CHOCOLATE
BARS IS MAKING ME HUNGRY!
SO, WITH ALL THAT IN MIND,
LET'S DO A QUICK
REVIEW OF PROPER FRACTIONS
AND HOW THEY RELATE
TO OUR MIXED NUMBERS
AND IMPROPER FRACTIONS.
He holds up a card with a fraction that reads 4 eights and a graph representing it.
He says THIS IS A PROPER FRACTION,
AND AS
TEACHER SHAHANA TAUGHT US,
THE NUMBER ON THE TOP
IS CALLED THE NUMERATOR.
LET ME HEAR YOU SAY IT.
NUMERATOR.
AND THE NUMBER ON THE BOTTOM
IS CALLED THE DENOMINATOR.
SAY THAT ONE NOW.
DENOMINATOR.
NUMERATOR AND DENOMINATOR.
WE SAY FOUR EIGHTHS
IS A PROPER FRACTION
BECAUSE THE NUMERATOR IS
SMALLER THAN THE DENOMINATOR.
WHAT THIS FRACTION
IS REFERRING TO
IS FOUR OUT OF
EIGHT EQUAL PARTS,
AND JUST LIKE TEACHER SHAHANA,
I HAVE A CHOCOLATE BAR HERE,
AND WE COULD
SAY THAT MAYBE I ATE
FOUR OUT OF EIGHT TOTAL PIECES.
MM-MM! DELICIOUS.
NOW, LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT
THIS FRACTION RIGHT HERE.
He now shows a card with a fraction that reads 1 and one half and says THIS IS WHAT WE
CALL A MIXED NUMBER.
ONE AND ONE-HALF.
WE HAVE THIS BIG NUMBER
RIGHT OVER HERE ON THE SIDE.
THE BIG NUMBER IS
SOMETHING WE CALL A WHOLE.
REMEMBER, JUST LIKE THAT PIZZA,
A WHOLE IS SMALLER PARTS
PUT TOGETHER INTO ONE,
AND IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE,
WE HAVE ONE WHOLE.
IT COULD BE
ONE WHOLE CHOCOLATE BAR,
ONE WHOLE PIZZA,
OR IF YOU'RE AT MY HOUSE,
ONE WHOLE COUCH
IN THE BACK OF THE HOUSE.
NOW, THIS FRACTION ALSO
HAS THIS GUY RIGHT OVER HERE.
THIS IS ONE OVER TWO,
OR WE CALL IT ONE-HALF.
THIS FRACTION IS
ONE AND ONE-HALF,
AND I HAVE ONE WHOLE RIGHT HERE,
AND ONE-HALF ON THE BOTTOM.
IT COULD BE ONE AND HALF
PIZZAS FOR DINNER.
THAT'S A LOT OF PIZZA.
REMEMBER, AS YOU LOOK
AT THIS MIXED NUMBER,
THE BIG NUMBER ALWAYS
MEANS A WHOLE SOMETHING,
AND THIS PROPER
FRACTION ON THE SIDE
ARE PARTS OF THE SAME THING.
MAYBE ONE WHOLE DONUT
AND A HALF OF ANOTHER DONUT.
FRACTIONS,
FRACTIONS ARE ALWAYS DELICIOUS.
He now shows a card with a fraction that reads 12 ninths and says ALRIGHT, THIS LAST ONE IS GOING
TO LOOK A LITTLE BIT FUNNY.
THIS ONE IS CALLED
AN IMPROPER FRACTION.
IN THIS CASE, THE NUMERATOR
ON THE TOP IS BIGGER THAN
THE DENOMINATOR ON THE BOTTOM.
NOW, JUST BECAUSE IT
LOOKS A LITTLE TOP HEAVY,
DOESN'T MEAN IT'S
STILL NOT A FRACTION.
IT STILL DOES ALL THE THINGS
THAT A FRACTION WOULD DO,
IT JUST LOOKS
A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
LET ME PUT IT THIS WAY,
IT WOULD BE LIKE IF I PUT
MY SUNGLASSES ON UPSIDE DOWN.
MY SUNGLASSES LOOK
A LITTLE BIT FUNNY,
BUT THEY'RE STILL SUNGLASSES,
AND THEY STILL DO THE THINGS
THAT SUNGLASSES NEED TO DO.
WELL, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT
AN IMPROPER FRACTION IS AS WELL,
BUT TO UNDERSTAND
THIS IMPROPER FRACTION,
WE NEED TO MAKE IT
A LITTLE MORE UNDERSTANDABLE,
AND THE WAY WE'RE
GOING TO DO THAT
IS WE'RE GOING TO TURN IT
INTO A MIXED NUMBER.
NOW, THIS MIGHT GET
A LITTLE BIT COMPLICATED,
BUT FOLLOW ALONG,
AND REMEMBER, IF YOU DON'T
GET IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME,
THAT DOESN'T MEAN
YOU WON'T LEARN IT
AND YOUR BRAIN WILL GROW.
SO, WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO TURN
THIS
INTO A MIXED NUMBER IS
FIGURE OUT HOW MANY TIMES
OUR DENOMINATOR WILL FIT
EQUALLY INTO OUR NUMERATOR.
WELL, IF I LOOK AT
MY NUMBER NINE,
I KNOW THAT IT'S NOT TOO FAR OFF
FROM MY NUMBER TWELVE.
SO, I KNOW THAT MY NUMBER NINE
FITS EQUALLY ONCE
INTO MY NUMBER TWELVE.
NOW, IF I DOUBLE MY NUMBER NINE,
NINE TIMES TWO IS EIGHTEEN,
THAT'S WAY TOO MANY,
SO I KNOW THAT NINE ONLY
GOES INTO TWELVE ONCE.
NOW, THAT ONE IS GOING TO
BECOME OUR WHOLE NUMBER.
THEN WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT
HOW MANY MORE TIMES
WE CAN COUNT BETWEEN
NINE AND TWELVE.
COUNT WITH ME.
TEN, ELEVEN, TWELVE.
SO, THERE ARE THREE NUMBERS
BETWEEN NINE AND TWELVE,
WHICH MEANS THAT
OUR MIXED NUMBER IS
ONE AND THREE NINTHS.
ALWAYS REMEMBER,
THE DENOMINATOR STAYS THE SAME.
REMEMBER, THE DENOMINATOR
IS OUR NUMBER NINE,
AND WHAT DOES IT DO?
IT STAYS THE SAME.
WELL, ONE AND THREE-NINTHS
IS A LOT EASIER TO READ
THAN TWELVE-NINTHS,
IF YOU ASK ME.
NOW, IF WE WANT TO
TURN OUR MIXED NUMBER
BACK INTO AN IMPROPER FRACTION,
THERE'S THREE EASY STEPS.
THE FIRST THING THAT WE WILL DO
IS MULTIPLY OUR DENOMINATOR
BY OUR WHOLE NUMBER.
NINE TIMES ONE.
WELL, NINE TIMES ONE IS NINE.
THEN WE'LL ADD OUR NUMERATOR,
WHICH IS THREE.
SO, NINE PLUS THREE,
WHICH IS TWELVE,
AND IN THIS CASE,
OUR DENOMINATOR STAYS THE SAME!
SO, WE HAVE MADE OUR WAY FROM
AN IMPROPER FRACTION
TO A MIXED NUMBER
AND BACK AGAIN.
NOW, I KNOW THAT WAS
A LOT OF INFORMATION,
BUT THAT'S OKAY!
YOU'VE TOTALLY GOT THIS.
LET'S HAVE A LITTLE BRAIN BREAK,
AND CHECK IN WITH
OUR FRIEND TUMBLEWEED
AS HE MAKES DIFFERENT
COMBINATIONS OF TEN.
An episode of Tumbletown Tales rolls.
(music plays)
A red book with a hamster on the cover appears against a background in which a castle can be seen.
Tumbleweed says TUMBLETOWN TALES!
STARRING ME, TUMBLEWEED.
The red book opens. A popup castle comes up, and inside the castle, Tumbleweed stands in a restaurant.
Tumbleweed says HELLO, I'M
TUMBLEWEED,
AND I'LL BE
YOUR WAITER.
Two bunny rabbits sit at a table.
A white rabbit says YO!
Tumbleweed says NICE HAIR.
THANKS.
The white rabbit says IT'S MY
NEW DO.
SO, WHAT'S ON
THE MENU?
Tumbleweed says WELL, HERE AT THE
10 SEED DINER,
YOU CAN ORDER TEN
SEEDS OF ANY VARIETY,
ALL FOR ONE DIME.
The white rabbit says I'LL HAVE TEN SESAME
SEEDS, PLEASE.
A black rabbit says YOU KNOW WHAT
I'LL HAVE?
The white rabbit says WHAT'S THAT?
The black rabbit says TEN SUNFLOWER
SEEDS, PLEASE.
Tumbleweed says COMING RIGHT UP.
OKAY, BRENT, I
NEED ONE ORDER
OF SESAME AND
ONE ORDER
OF SUNFLOWER.
Brent says TEN SESAME AND
TEN SUNFLOWER
COMING UP, BUDDY.
[bell dings]
THERE YOU GO,
AND ONE FOR YOU.
The black rabbit says MMM, THAT
LOOKS GOOD.
The white rabbit says HEY, THOSE
ARE MINE.
Tumbleweed says WHAT CAN I GET
YOU, TWIGGY?
Twiggy says UH, TEN POPPY
SEEDS, PLEASE.
Tumbleweed says YOU GOT IT!
WHAT ABOUT
YOU, SAL?
Sal says I DON'T KNOW,
TUMBLEWEED.
A DIME FOR
TEN SEEDS?
THAT'S A LOT
OF MONEY.
HOW ABOUT YOU GIVE ME
EMPLOYEE DISCOUNT?
Tumbleweed says ARE YOU KIDDING?!
Sal says I HAD TO TRY.
I WILL HAVE FIVE
SESAME SEEDS,
AND FIVE
PUMPKIN SEEDS.
The white rabbit says HE ORDERED WHAT?!
A customer says IS THAT EVEN AN
OPTION?
Tumbleweed says YOU WANT FIVE
OF ONE KIND,
AND FIVE OF
ANOTHER KIND?
Sal says YES, FIVE
AND FIVE.
THAT IS WHAT
I WANT.
Tumbleweed says I GUESS FIVE
SESAME SEEDS
PLUS FIVE PUMPKIN
SEEDS EQUALS TEN,
SO I GUESS
WE CAN DO THAT.
[everyone chattering]
The white rabbit says I DIDN'T KNOW WE COULD
MIX UP OUR ORDERS.
Tumbleweed says OKAY, BRENT,
TEN POPPY SEEDS.
AND ANOTHER ORDER
IS GOING TO BE
FIVE SESAME AND
FIVE PUMPKIN.
Brent says UHHHH, OKAY, BUDDY.
Tumbleweed says THIS ONE FOR YOU AND
YOUR HALF AND HALF.
Tumbleweed serves the dishes.
Tumbleweed says VOILA, BON APPETIT!
A grey hamster says UH, THREE PUMPKINS
AND SEVEN FLAX FOR ME.
Tumbleweed says UH, THREE PLUS
SEVEN EQUALS TEN.
OKAY.
The white rabbit says I'M STILL HUNGRY.
I WOULD LIKE TWO CANARY
AND EIGHT OAT GROATS.
Tumbleweed looks confused.
Tumbleweed says WAIT, TWO CANARY,
EIGHT OAT GROATS,
THREE PUMPKIN,
SEVEN FLAX.
Bret says SLOW DOWN, BUDDY!
I DIDN'T GET
ALL THAT ORDER.
Tumbleweed says I SAID TWO CANARY,
EIGHT OATS,
THREE PUMPKIN-
A dark hamster eats at a table and says AND DON'T FORGET
THE FLAX.
AND MAKE SURE
THEY'RE ORGANIC;
IT HELPS WITH
HIS DIGESTION.
A white hamster says HEY, FUZZY FACE,
WHAT ABOUT MY ORDER?
The white rabbit says YEAH, WHO'S GONNA
TAKE HIS ORDER?
Tumbleweed says JUST A MINUTE,
PLEASE.
YOU ORDERED
NINE AND ONE,
AND YOU HAD THREE
AND FOUR AND THREE.
JUST A MINUTE,
EVERYONE.
I'LL GET RIGHT
TO YOU.
The gray hamster says I NEED THESE TO
BE ORGANIC.
Tumbleweed says YEAH, I KNOW!
The white hamster says WHAT ABOUT ME
ORDER, FUZZY FACE?
Tumbleweed says JUST A MINUTE,
PLEASE.
COULD YOU REPEAT
YOUR ORDER AGAIN?
A hamster says I'D LIKE TWO
SUNFLOWER, TWO PUMPKIN,
FOUR POPPY AND
TWO FLAX, PLEASE.
The additions appear on the screen.
The white hamster says WHAT ABOUT ME
ORDER, MAN?!
Tumbleweed says OKAY, SOMEBODY WANTS TWO
SUNFLOWER, TWO PUMPKIN,
FOUR POPPY AND
TWO FLAX.
Brent says WAIT, WHAT, NO,
I - WHAT?!
Tumbleweed says NO, IT ADDS
UP TO TEN.
Brent says BUT, NO, WE
CAN'T!
Tumbleweed says WE HAVE TO!
IT'S THE 10 SEED
DINER!
AHHH!!!
[crickets chirping]
Later at night, Tumbleweed and Brent eat seeds from the floor.
Tumbleweed says OKAY, THAT WAS
CRAZY.
WHAT ARE WE
GONNA DO?
Brent says UH, BUDDY, WE
CAN'T KEEP UP
WITH ALL THOSE
ORDERS.
PEOPLE ARE MAKING
THEIR OWN DISHES NOW.
Tumbleweed says MAKING THEIR
OWN DISHES, EH?
BRENT, YOU'RE
A GENIUS!
Brent says HUH?
I AM?
Then, Tumbleweed stands behind the counter.
Tumbleweed says WELCOME TO THE
10 SEED DINER.
NOW, WITH OPTIONAL
SEED BUFFET.
YOUR TOTAL IS
TEN CENTS, PLEASE.
Sal says WHAT, NO DISCOUNT?
Tumbleweed says SAL!
Sal says OH, OKAY.
I'M JUST KIDDING.
HERE IS A DIME.
Tumbleweed says OH OH, THAT'S
ONLY TEN CENTS.
WHERE'S MY TIP?
Sal says NO, YOU DON'T
TIP AT BUFFET.
THERE WAS NO
TABLE SERVICE.
Tumbleweed says THERE WASN'T?
The episode ends.
The TVO Kids logo appears.
Teacher Steven says WOW! THAT IS ONE BUSY HAMSTER.
NOW, CLEARLY WE'RE
ALL NOW EXPERTS ON
IMPROPER FRACTIONS
AND MIXED NUMBERS,
AND IF WE'RE NOT, NOT TO WORRY,
WE ALL LEARN AT OUR OWN PACE,
AND SOMETIMES IT JUST
TAKES A LITTLE MORE PRACTICE.
DON'T FORGET, THAT ALSO MEANS
YOU'RE BRAIN IS GOING TO GROW.
SO, LET'S DO SOME COMPARING OF
IMPROPER FRACTIONS
AND MIXED NUMBERS.
NOW, IT HAS BEEN
AN AWFUL LONG TIME
SINCE I'VE BEEN TO
A PARTY OF ANY KIND,
BUT IF THERE'S ONE THING
I LOVE THE MOST ABOUT A PARTY
OR ANY CELEBRATION, IT'S CAKE.
I ALWAYS THOUGHT THE BEST
PART ABOUT THE PARTY WAS CAKE,
AND ENJOYING IT AT THE PARTY,
AND HOPING THERE'D BE LEFTOVERS,
BECAUSE WE WOULD EAT
THE LEFTOVERS FOR BREAKFAST
THE NEXT DAY.
THAT'S A TRUE STORY.
MY MOM WOULD ALWAYS ORDER A CAKE
THAT WAS JUST A BIT
BIGGER THAN WE NEEDED
SO WE COULD ENJOY
A LITTLE EXTRA FOR OUR FIRST
MEAL OF THE DAY, THE NEXT DAY.
SO, WITH THAT IN MIND,
LET'S DO SOME
VISUALIZING AND COMPARING.
LET'S SAY WE'VE GOT SOME
PARTIES THAT ARE HAPPENING,
AND WE WANT TO
COMPARE HOW MUCH CAKE
THEY'RE GOING TO
HAVE AT THOSE PARTIES.
LET'S LOOK AT PARTY NUMBER ONE.
PARTY NUMBER ONE HAS
TWO AND A HALF CAKES.
SO, THAT MEANS
THAT OUR NUMBER TWO
IS A WHOLE TWO CAKES.
THAT'S OUR WHOLE NUMBER.
THEN THIS NUMBER
OVER HERE IS A HALF.
MAYBE THEY WANT
A HALF CAKE FOR SOME OTHER
GUESTS THAT ARE
MAYBE ARRIVING LATER,
OR MAYBE THEY WANT IT
FOR BREAKFAST THE NEXT DAY.
SO, THEIR CAKES THAT
THEY HAVE LOOK LIKE THIS.
He shows a graph with two whole rectangles and one half.
He says WE HAVE ONE CAKE.
TWO CAKES,
WHICH MAKES OUR TWO WHOLE,
AND OUR HALF RIGHT DOWN
HERE AT THE BOTTOM.
THAT'S AT PARTY NUMBER ONE.
I GUESS THEY'RE GOING
TO HAVE A FEW PEOPLE OVER
IF THEY'RE GOING TO NEED
TWO AND A HALF CAKES.
LET'S HEAD ON OVER
TO PARTY NUMBER TWO.
WELL, PARTY NUMBER TWO HAVE
DECIDED THAT THEY'RE GOING TO
ORDER SEVEN HALVES OF CAKE.
NOW, REMEMBER, THIS IS CALLED A?
IMPROPER FRACTION.
AND OUR IMPROPER FRACTION
MIGHT LOOK A LITTLE CONFUSING,
BUT NOT TO WORRY,
WE'RE GOING TO TURN IT
INTO A MIXED NUMBER
SO IT MAKES A LITTLE MORE SENSE.
SO, LET'S HAVE A LOOK
AT OUR DENOMINATOR,
AND FIGURE OUT HOW MANY TIMES
IT WILL EQUALLY FIT
INTO OUR NUMERATOR.
LET'S COUNT BY TWOS.
TWO, FOUR, SIX.
EIGHT? OH, EIGHT IS
GOING TO BE TOO MANY
BECAUSE EIGHT IS
BIGGER THAN SEVEN.
SO, WE KNOW THAT TWO EQUALLY
FITS INTO SEVEN THREE TIMES.
SO, THREE WILL BE
OUR WHOLE NUMBER.
THEN, WE NEED TO
FIGURE OUT THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THE NUMBER SIX
AND THE NUMBER SEVEN.
IF WE COUNT BETWEEN
SIX AND SEVEN,
IT'S ONE, AND WHAT DO WE SAY
ABOUT OUR DENOMINATOR?
THE DENOMINATOR STAYS THE SAME.
SO, PARTY NUMBER TWO
ARE GOING TO HAVE
ONE, TWO,
THREE WHOLE CAKES,
AND A HALF.
WHO IS GOING TO THAT PARTY?
THREE WHOLE AND ONE HALF.
WELL, I KNOW THAT THEY'VE GOT
MORE THAN PARTY NUMBER ONE,
BECAUSE THEY'VE ONLY
GOT TWO WHOLE CAKES
AND A HALF.
WELL, HANG ON A MINUTE.
IF YOU CAN BELIEVE IT,
THERE'S ACTUALLY THREE PARTIES.
THREE PARTIES!
WHAT A TIME!
SO, LET'S HAVE A LOOK
AT PARTY NUMBER THREE
AND SEE HOW MUCH CAKE
THEY HAVE ORDERED.
MAYBE THAT'LL HELP US DECIDE
WHAT PARTY WE WANT TO GO TO.
PARTY NUMBER THREE HAS
ORDERED FIVE HALVES.
OH, BOY.
HERE'S ANOTHER ONE OF
THOSE IMPROPER FRACTIONS.
SO, FIVE HALVES OF CAKE.
WELL, OUR FIRST STEP
IS GOING TO BE
FIGURING OUT HOW MANY
TIMES OUR DENOMINATOR
WILL FIT INTO OUR NUMERATOR.
COUNT WITH ME BY TWOS.
I KNOW YOU CAN DO IT.
TWO, FOUR.
SI-- OH!
SIX WOULD BE BIGGER THAN FIVE,
WHICH MEANS THAT
TWO EQUALLY FITS
INTO FIVE TWICE.
TWO IS NOW GOING TO
BE OUR WHOLE NUMBER,
WHICH MEANS THEY
HAVE TWO WHOLE CAKES.
NOW, WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS
BETWEEN THE NUMBER FOUR
AND THE NUMBER FIVE,
AND THAT IS GOING TO HELP TO
MAKE UP OUR PROPER FRACTION
THAT GOES WITH OUR WHOLE NUMBER.
SO, TWO TIMES TWO IS FOUR,
WHICH MEANS THAT FOUR TO FIVE
IS JUST ONE,
WHICH MEANS THAT
PARTY NUMBER THREE HAS GOT
ONE, TWO WHOLE
AND ONE HALF CAKES!
WAIT A MINUTE!
THAT MEANS THEY ARE THE SAME
AS PARTY NUMBER ONE!
WELL, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU,
BUT I THINK I'M GOING
TO PARTY NUMBER TWO,
WHERE THEY'VE GOT
THREE AND A HALF CAKES,
AND HOPEFULLY THERE'LL BE
A LITTLE THAT I CAN TAKE
ALONG WITH ME FOR
BREAKFAST THE NEXT DAY.
GREAT JOB COMPARING, EVERYBODY.
NOW, SPEAKING OF CAKE,
THERE'S A YOUNG LADY
NAMED KAKSA'TI:IO,
WHO ENJOYS SOME BIRTHDAY CAKE
ON THIS EPISODE OF
RAVEN'S QUEST.
(music plays)
Clips show a 10 year-old girl with long straight brown hair blowing birthday candles, modeling traditional First Nations clothes, planting seeds, and doing gymnastics.
The narrator says THIS IS KAKSA'TIO.
TODAY'S HER SPECIAL DAY.
Guests cheer and say WOO!
The narrator says SHE'S PROUD TO MODEL
FIRST NATIONS CLOTHING.
SHE'S GOT A GREEN
THUMB FOR GARDENING.
She says AND VOILA.
The narrator says AND SHE'S A WINNING GYMNAST.
READY TO MEET KAKSA'TI:IO?
LET'S GO!
(music plays)
In animation, pictures of several different kids appear hanging on laundry lines. A raven on the lines flies off to the sun and opens his wings as the title of the show appears. It reads "Raven's Quest."
Kaksa'Ti:Io says SHE:KON. HELLO.
I AM KAKSA'TI:IO AND
I AM 10 YEARS OLD.
I AM FROM THE MOHAWK NATION
AND I LIVE IN KANAWÀ:KE WHICH IS
RIGHT NEXT TO MONTREAL.
MY NAME KAKSA'TI:IO MEANS
NICE GIRL OR PRETTY GIRL.
She poses for a photographer.
The photographer says NICE.
Kaksa'Ti:Io says I MODELLED THREE
TIMES BEFORE.
The photographer says YOU'RE GONNA BE ON THE FRONT OF
THE POW-WOW EDITION THIS YEAR BY
THE WAY.
Kaksa'Ti:Io says WHEN I MODEL I FEEL
NERVOUS AND OKAY AT THE SAME
TIME BUT MOST
OF THE TIME I'M NERVOUS.
The photographer says OH MY GOODNESS.
THAT'S AWESOME.
Kaksa'Ti:Io says I AM PROUD TO MODEL
TRADITIONAL CLOTHING AND TO
REPRESENT MY
NATION IN A POSITIVE WAY.
The photographer says THAT LOOKS REALLY GOOD ACTUALLY.
Kaksa'Ti:Io says I LIKE RIBBON DRESSES BECAUSE
THEY'RE REALLY PRETTY AND
THEY'RE COMFORTABLE.
WHEN I WORK WITH DANIEL IT'S
FUNNY BECAUSE HE MAKES UP ALL
THESE JOKES.
A caption reads "Daniel."
Daniel, the photographer, is in his thirties, with short wavy brown hair and a goatee. He wears ochre trousers and a black sweater.
Daniel says DON'T LOOK AT YOUR MOM
SHE DOESN'T KNOW ANYTHING.
NOW YOU CAN'T STOP SMILING.
STOP.
Kaksa'Ti:Io says I THINK DANIEL'S A GREAT
PHOTOGRAPHER.
Daniel says SEE?
WHEN YOU'RE
NATURAL IT'S PERFECT.
YOU DID PRETTY WELL.
SO WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME.
They do a cool handshake.
Kaksa'Ti:Io says GUYS HOW TO SAY SMILE IN MY
LANGUAGE.
SAIÉHSHON.
SAIÉHSHON.
SMILE.
WHEN YOU SMILE IT SHOWS
THAT YOU'RE A GREAT PERSON.
WELCOME TO MY HOUSE.
I'M GOING TO BE
SHOWING YOU GUYS AROUND.
She points at a pre-teen brown haired girl and says THIS IS MY SISTER
KAKSATAHNO:RON.
She points at a blond woman in her thirties and says THIS IS MY ISTA WHICH
MEANS MOM IN MY LANGUAGE.
HEY GUYS.
THIS IS MY ROOM AND I'M
GONNA SHOW YOU GUYS AROUND.
SO OVER HERE ON THE RIGHT IS
MY CLOSET AND I HAVE MY RIBBON
SKIRT OR RIBBON DRESS.
I LOVE THE COLOUR PURPLE AND
GOLD AND IT IS A TRADITIONAL
OUTFIT I WEAR TO SCHOOL AND TO
LIKE SOCIALS AND ALL KINDS OF
THINGS LIKE THAT.
THIS IS MY DREAM-CATCHER
I GOT WHEN I WAS 6.
I GOT IT AT THE POW-WOW BECAUSE
I WAS SCARED OF HAVING BAD
DREAMS AND I DIDN'T
WANT TO HAVE ANYMORE.
THESE ARE MY MEDALS.
I HAVE 5 RIGHT HERE.
4 OF THEM WERE FROM GYMNASTICS.
THIS ONE'S MY FAVOURITE MEDAL
BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE ONE FROM
THE OLYMPICS AND
IT'S REALLY HEAVY.
THIS IS MY TEDDY BEAR I
HAD SINCE I WAS 18 MONTHS.
I NAMED IT LADY.
IT'S BEEN WASHED AND
SEWED SO MANY TIMES.
IT'S MY FAVOURITE.
MY MOM WENT TO MIAMI
RECENTLY AND SHE GOT ME A SHELL.
I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY COOL.
She points at a decorative letter K and says AND THEN HERE I HAVE MY K.
IT STANDS FOR MY NAME.
AND THAT'S THE END
OF MY ROOM TOUR.
HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS ENJOYED.
TODAY'S A REALLY SPECIAL DAY
BECAUSE IT'S MY BIRTHDAY AND
THESE ARE MY FRIENDS.
A brown haired girl says I'M TIOK.
A blond girl says I'M TYLEE.
Another brown haired girl says I'M MYLA.
Kaksa'Ti:Io says MY AUNTIE IS
THROWING A PARTY FOR ME.
LET'S GO INSIDE
AND CHECK IT OUT.
THIS IS MY BABY
BROTHER RAHWATSIRAHNÍ:RATS.
OOH.
THEY BROUGHT US SOME PIZZA.
MMM.
THIS IS MY AUNTIE VANESSA.
Vanessa says HI.
Kaksa'Ti:Io says MY FAVOURITE PIZZA
IS CHEESE PIZZA.
I USED TO TAKE OFF THE CHEESE
TO JUST EAT THE BREAD AND THE
SAUCE.
SO IN MY FAMILY WE SING
HAPPY BIRTHDAY IN MOHAWK.
Her mom brings a cake to the table and all the guests sing.
(SINGING HAPPY
BIRTHDAY IN MOHAWK)
Kaksa'Ti:Io blows the candles and says I REALLY LIKE MY BIRTHDAY CAKE
BECAUSE IT'S A PRETTY COLOUR AND
IT'S VANILLA.
ME AND TYLEE, WE'VE BEEN
FRIENDS SINCE WE WERE BABIES.
I REALLY LIKE MY FRIENDS BECAUSE
THEY'RE FUNNY, THEY'RE NICE AND
THEY ALWAYS MAKE ME LAUGH.
Tiok says I WAS LIKE WHAT IF YOU HAVE AN
UGLY BIRTHDAY CAKE AND TYLEE WAS
LIKE WHAT IF THERE WAS A
DANCING WORM ON YOUR CAKE?
Kaksa'Ti:Io says GLORIOUS.
The girls say CHEERS.
Kaksa'Ti:Io says SO TODAY WE'RE AT THE COMMUNITY
GARDEN AND I'M GOING TO BE
TEACHING YOU GUYS HOW TO PLANT.
I'M GOING TO BE
PLANTING SOME CORN.
RIGHT NOW I'M BREAKING UP THE
DIRT SO I HAVE A NICE SPOT TO
PUT THE SEEDS.
YOU TAKE A CORN FROM
LAST YEAR AND YOU DRY IT.
YOU CAN PICK OFF THE LITTLE
PIECES OF CORN AND THESE ARE THE
SEEDS.
YOU CAN ALSO MAKE CORN HUSK
DOLLS WITH CORN AND YOU CAN ALSO
BRAID CORN.
NO WE'RE GONNA PLANT AND
I'M GONNA USE THREE SEEDS.
YOU HAVE TO PUT THE SEEDS IN THE
BOWL WITH WATER AND SOAK IT FOR
THREE DAYS.
THE CORN WE'RE PLANTING
TODAY IT IS SWEET YELLOW CORN.
AND THE LAST STEP
IS TO WATER IT.
SO, IN ABOUT 8 TO 10 WEEKS, IT'S
GOING TO GROW UP TO 6 FEET TALL.
TALLER THAN I AM RIGHT NOW.
I LIKE PLANTING BECAUSE IT KEEPS
YOU GROUNDED TO MOTHER EARTH AND
IT'S REALLY FUN TO
PLANT AND GET DIRTY.
AND VOILA.
At the gym, Kaksa'Ti:Io says THIS IS MY GYMNASTICS TEAM.
I WAS 3 YEARS OLD WHEN
I STARTED GYMNASTICS.
WHEN I STARTED
COMPETING I WAS 8 YEARS OLD.
I LIKE GYMNASTICS
BECAUSE IT'S FUN.
YOU LEARN NEW THINGS AND YOU CAN
GROW FROM JUST DOING THAT SPORT.
WHEN I COMPETE I'M SCARED
AND NERVOUS BUT ALSO EXCITED.
TONIGHT I'M NOT DOING A ROUTINE.
I'M JUST PRACTISING MY STUFF.
ON BEAM I HAVE TO WORK ON BACK
HAND SPRINGS, ROUND-OFFS AND
FRONT WALK OVERS FOR MY
NEXT YEAR'S COMPETITIONS.
ON BARS I AM BEST
AT HAND STANDS.
I REALLY LIKE MY COACHES BECAUSE
THEY HELP ME WITH ALL THE MOVES
AND IF I'M SCARED THEY WILL SPOT
ME THE FIRST FEW AND THEN AFTER
THAT THEY WILL LET ME GO BY
MYSELF BUT STILL BE THERE JUST
IN CASE.
IN THE FUTURE I WOULD LIKE TO GO
TO THE OLYMPICS BUT IF I DON'T
MAKE IT THAT FAR I'LL
PROBABLY BE A DANCER OR COACH AT
GYMNASTICS.
THANKS FOR WATCHING.
O:NEN.
All the team say GOODBYE.
Music plays as the end credits roll.
Logo: TVO Kids.
Logo: Apartment 11 Productions.
Copyright 2019, Florence Productions Inc.
Teacher Steven says THANKS, KAKSA'TI:IO,
AND HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY.
WELL, WHEN IT'S COLD OUTSIDE
AND I'VE GOT TO DO THE LAUNDRY,
I USUALLY USE
THE DRYER INSIDE MY HOUSE,
BUT WHEN IT'S NICE OUTSIDE
AND THERE'S A LOVELY BREEZE,
I LIKE TO USE MY CLOTHES LINE.
WHEN I WAS GROWING UP,
WE HAD A CLOTHESLINE IN
THE BACK OF OUR HOUSE
THAT CONNECTED TO FOUR
OTHER CLOTHESLINES ON
A LARGE POLE IN OUR BACKYARD.
ON A NICE DAY, WHEN EVERYBODY
WOULD BE DOING THEIR LAUNDRY,
AND THE WIND WOULD BLOW,
IT LOOKED LIKE A COLOURFUL
PINWHEEL IN ALL
OF OUR BACKYARDS.
WELL, FOR YOU TODAY
I HAVE BROUGHT
MY CLOTHESLINE INSIDE,
AND ON ONE END
I HAVE THE WORD "LEAST,"
AND THEN ON THE OTHER END
I HAVE THE WORD "GREATEST."
TODAY, YOU'RE GOING TO
HELP ME DO SOME LAUNDRY
BY ORDERING SOME FRACTIONS.
NOW, I HAVE A VARIETY OF
DIFFERENT FRACTIONS TODAY
TO PUT ON MY CLOTHESLINE.
SO, LET'S HAVE A LOOK.
THE FIRST FRACTION THAT I HAVE
IS ONE OVER TWO.
WE CALL THIS FRACTION
ONE-HALF AS WELL.
THE NUMERATOR IS A ONE,
THE DENOMINATOR IS A TWO.
WHICH MEANS THAT ONE HALF IS
ONE HALF OF ONE WHOLE.
SO, THIS FRACTION IS ACTUALLY
KIND OF SMALL.
SO, I THINK I'M GOING TO
START BY PUTTING THIS FRACTION
CLOSER TO THE LEAST END
OF MY DRYER RACK HERE.
ALRIGHT, ON WITH OUR CHORES.
MY NEXT FRACTION,
IT LOOKS A LOT BIGGER.
THIS FRACTION IS
TWO AND THREE-QUARTERS.
I HAVE TWO WHOLE,
AND THREE OVER FOUR.
NOW, THREE-QUARTERS
IS VERY CLOSE
TO ONE WHOLE,
BUT IF WE WERE TO ADD
ANOTHER WHOLE THAT MUST MEAN
THAT MY TWO AND THREE-QUARTERS
IS PRETTY BIG,
BUT I'M NOT QUITE SURE
HOW MUCH MORE WE'VE GOT
IN OUR LAUNDRY PILE TODAY.
SO, I'M GOING TO
PUT IT CLOSER TO
THE GREATER END
OF OUR CLOTHESLINE.
TWO WHOLE AND THREE-QUARTERS.
OH, OUR LAUNDRY
IS STARTING TO DRY.
HOW SATISFYING.
ALRIGHT, NOW, OUR NEXT NUMBER
IS PRETTY SIMPLE.
THIS NUMBER IS
ONE WHOLE.
WELL, THIS ISN'T
A FRACTION AT ALL,
BUT WE SHOULD PROBABLY
PUT IT ON THE LINE
SO WE'RE ABLE TO
ORDER OUR SHIRTS
OR OUR FRACTIONS EFFECTIVELY.
SO, ONE WHOLE, WELL,
IT'S DEFINITELY
BIGGER THAN ONE HALF.
IN FACT, ONE HALF IS SIMPLE
HALF OF A WHOLE.
SO, MAYBE I'LL PUT IT
DOWN NEAR THIS END,
THE LEAST END,
WITH OUR SMALLER FRACTIONS,
AND IF I HAVE TO MOVE IT,
THEN I'LL MOVE IT MOVE IT
IN THE OTHER DIRECTION.
ONE WHOLE.
TERRIFIC.
OH, NO!
SIX QUARTERS
OR SIX OVER FOUR.
HOW ARE WE GOING TO ARRANGE
THIS FRACTION ON
OUR CLOTHES LINE?
HM.
WE SHOULD PROBABLY CONVERT THIS
IMPROPER FRACTION
INTO A MIXED NUMBER.
NOW, TO START, WHAT DO WE DO
WITH OUR DENOMINATOR?
IF YOU SAID, "FIGURE OUT HOW
MANY TIMES WE CAN
FIT IT IN OUR NUMERATOR,"
YOU'D BE CORRECT.
SO, FOUR GOES INTO SIX
HOW MANY TIMES?
FOUR. EIGHT.
EIGHT IS WAY TOO BIG,
WHICH MEANS THAT FOUR
ONLY GOES INTO SIX
ONE WHOLE TIME.
NOW, WE NEED TO FIGURE
OUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
THE NUMBER FOUR
AND THE NUMBER SIX.
COUNT WITH ME.
FIVE.
SIX.
OH!
IT'S ONLY TWO,
WHICH MEANS TWO IS GOING TO
BECOME THE NUMERATOR IN
OUR NEW PROPER FRACTION
THAT GOES WITH OUR WHOLE NUMBER,
AND REMEMBER,
THE DENOMINATOR DOES WHAT?
THE DENOMINATOR STAYS THE SAME,
WHICH MEANS SIX OVER FOUR
IS EQUAL TO ONE WHOLE
AND TWO OVER FOUR.
WELL, THAT IS A LOT
EASIER TO UNDERSTAND.
SO, MAYBE, I'LL PUT IT
JUST OVER FROM ONE WHOLE,
BECAUSE IT IS DEFINITELY SMALLER
THAN TWO AND THREE-QUARTERS,
AND WE KNOW THAT
BECAUSE ONE WHOLE
IS SMALLER THAN TWO WHOLE.
LET'S PUT IT
RIGHT HERE IN FRONT.
He puts it in the middle of the line and says EXCELLENT.
HM.
WE HAVE ANOTHER
SMALLER FRACTION,
AND WE MIGHT HAVE TO MOVE A FEW
THINGS ON OUR LAUNDRY LINE,
BECAUSE OUR NEXT FRACTION
IS THREE-QUARTERS.
THREE OVER FOUR.
THIS IS A PROPER FRACTION
BECAUSE THE NUMERATOR IS SMALLER
THAN THE DENOMINATOR,
BUT IT'S DEFINITELY
SMALLER THAN ONE WHOLE.
HM.
IS IT BIGGER THAN ONE HALF?
YOU KNOW, I WAS WATCHING
AN EPISODE OF POWER HOUR
WHERE THEY TALKED ABOUT MONEY.
NOW, THIS GUY
TALKING ABOUT MONEY
SURE SEEMED LIKE HE KNEW
WHAT HE WAS GETTING AT,
BECAUSE HE SAID
THAT TWO QUARTERS
WAS THE SAME AS ONE HALF.
SO, THAT MEANS THREE QUARTERS
MUST BE SLIGHTLY
BIGGER THAN ONE HALF.
I WOULD DEFINITELY
CHECK THAT EPISODE OUT
IF YOU HAVE THE TIME.
SO, OUR THREE-QUARTERS
IS GOING TO GO
JUST AFTER ONE-HALF,
WHICH MEANS I'M GOING TO MOVE
THESE ONES OVER JUST A TINY BIT,
TO MAKE ROOM FOR OUR NEW
LAUNDRY ON THE LINE.
He puts 3 quarters between 1 half and 1 whole.
He says TERRIFIC!
WELL, WE'VE GOT ONE MORE SHIRT
AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PILE.
I HOPE I GET MY ALLOWANCE
FOR HANGING ALL THESE SHIRTS UP
ON THE LINE.
THIS FRACTION HAS A THREE
FOR THE WHOLE NUMBER.
NOW, ONCE AGAIN,
WE CALL THIS A MIXED NUMBER
BECAUSE IT HAS A WHOLE NUMBER
AND A PROPER FRACTION.
THREE WHOLE AND ONE OVER FOUR
OR ONE-QUARTER.
THIS MEANS THAT THERE
ARE FOUR EQUAL PARTS,
AND ONE OUT OF
THOSE FOUR EQUAL PARTS
IS SHOWN IN THIS FRACTION.
WELL, THE LAST FRACTION
THAT WE HAVE ON THE END,
CLOSEST TO GREATER,
BEGINS WITH TWO,
OUR WHOLE NUMBER
IN OUR MIXED NUMBER IS TWO.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU,
BUT I'M PRETTY SURE
THAT THREE WHOLE
IS GREATER THAN TWO WHOLE.
SO, I THINK WE'LL PUT IT AT
THE VERY END OF OUR CLOTHESLINE.
OUTSTANDING!
WE HAVE ORDERED ALL OF OUR
FRACTIONS FROM
LEAST TO GREATEST,
AND THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP!
GOT IT?
GREAT!
I'M GOING TO LET THESE
FRACTIONS DRY ON THE LINE
AND GO EXPLORING FOR FRACTIONS,
AND SPEAKING OF
EVERY DAY FRACTIONS,
PLEASE ENJOY
THE MUSICAL STYLINGS OF
PROFESSOR P,
AND THE BEAUTIFUL SINGING VOICE
OF LADY VOCAB.
TAKE IT AWAY!
The show rolls.
Professor P says I'M YOUR HUMBLE HOST
PROFESSOR P,
AND NOW GET READY FOR
THE LADY OF LYRICS,
LADY VOCAB!
Lady Vocab says THANKS PROFESSOR P,
ARE YOU READY TO
DELVE INTO THE
DICTIONARY?
Professor P says SURE WE ARE,
TODAY'S WORD IS
FRACTION, WHICH IS
A MATHEMATICAL TERM.
AND NOUN THAT MEANS
THAT A PART OF A
PIECE OF THE WHOLE,
AS IN IF WE DIVIDE
UP DESSERT, WE EACH GET
A FRACTION OF THE PIE.
Lady Vocab says OOH, OR AS IN UM, IF
WE DIVIDE UP THE PIE
INTO FOUR EQUAL PARTS,
WE EACH GET A QUARTER?
Professor P says UM HM, YES, YES,
THAT'S A LOT OF PIE
BUT YES MY LADY
Lady Vocab takes of her glasses and says THAT REMINDS ME PROFESSOR,
WHEN I WAS JUST A YOUNG
GIRL, GROWING UP,
DREAMING OF BECOMING
A STAR, I WAS PLAYING
IN THE SCHOOLYARD,
AND THE SCHOOL BULLY
TRIED TO STEAL MY
WHOLE CHOCOLATE BAR.
Professor P says HEY! HAD HE NEVER
HEARD OF SHARING?
Lady Vocab says APPARENTLY NOT, SO
I SAID IF WE SPLIT
IT IN TWO, WE EACH
GET HALF OF THE
CHOCOLATE BAR!
Professor P says THAT SEEMS LOGICAL,
DID IT WORK?
Lady Vocab says NO! SO I SAID, HEY
LOOK OVER THERE,
THERE'S A FLYING
DICTIONARY, AND THEN
I TOOK BACK MY WHOLE
CHOCOLATE BAR.
Professor P says HMM
Lady Vocab says BUT I STILL GAVE
HIM A QUARTER
Professor P says WELL I HOPE HE LEARNED
HIS LESSON AND HIS FRACTIONS.
Lady Vocab says ME TOO!
HIT IT!
Lady Vocab dances and sings DO THE FRACTION DANCE
DO THE FRACTION DANCE
HERE WE GO
IT'S ABOUT SHARING
WITH YOUR FRIEND
Professor P sings FRACTIONS MAKES
SHARING SO FUN,
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS
DIVIDE UP A WHOLE ONE
FRACTIONS CAN BE
SO BREEZY,
Lady Vocab sings A PIECE OF PIE
OR YOUR TIME
Professor P sings WITH FRACTIONS,
WONDERFUL THINGS
TVO KIDS, I SEE THAT
THE SUM OF THE PARTS
DO MAKE UP THE WHOLE
SLICE UP SOME
FRACTIONS TODAY,
WE'LL SEE YOU
NEXT TIME.
Lady Vocab sings FRACTIONS, ALL YOU
DO IS DIVIDE.
FRACTIONS, FRACTIONS,
FRACTIONS, FRACTIONS.
The show ends.
Teacher Steven says WOW, THAT LADY VOCAB
HAS GOT SOME KIND OF LOOK.
WELL, I HOPE YOU'VE
ENJOYED OUR DEEP DIVE
INTO THE WORLD OF
IMPROPER FRACTIONS
AND MIXED NUMBERS.
AND THE NEXT TIME YOU
ORDER A COUPLE OF PIZZAS
AND BEFORE YOU DIVIDE THEM UP,
HAVE A QUICK LOOK
BEFORE AND AFTER.
HOW MANY WHOLE PIZZAS
DO YOU HAVE LEFT?
THAT WOULD BE A PIZZA
WITH NO PIECES GONE!
MAYBE YOU HAVE
ONE-HALF A PIZZA LEFT.
MAYBE YOU HAVE
LESS THAN A WHOLE,
OR MAYBE TWO-THIRDS,
OR MAYBE ONE-QUARTER,
OR, IF YOU'RE LIKE MY HOUSE,
THE ONLY THING
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE
IS A BUNCH OF EMPTY BOXES.
SO, FOR TVOKIDS
AND THE
POWER HOUR OF LEARNING,
I'M TEACHER STEVEN,
AND I HOPE TO SEE
YOU AGAIN REAL SOON.
A caption reads "Bonus material."
Another episode of "Tumbletown Tales" rolls.
In his castle, Tumbleweed speaks on the phone with his friend Brent.
Tumbleweed says SO, YOU'RE PAINTING
IT A NEW COLOUR?
REALLY?
SO, THE DINER'S GOING
TO BE CLOSED ALL WEEK?
Brent says YOU GOT IT, BUDDY.
THEY'RE STARTING
PAINTING TOMORROW.
THE PLACE IS GOING
TO BE CLOSED ALL WEEK.
Tumbleweed says OKAY, THANKS FOR CALLING, BRENT.
BYE.
A WHOLE WEEK OFF.
WHAT SHOULD I DO?
OH, I COULD ENJOY
THE WARM WEATHER
AND SOAK IN SOME RAYS.
OR MAYBE I SHOULD
CATCH UP ON MY PVR.
OR I COULD PAINT
THAT PORTRAIT OF TWIGGY
I'VE BEEN PROMISING HIM.
NO, THAT WOULD TAKE WEEKS.
IT WOULD HAVE TO BE PERFECT.
THIS MAGAZINE,
IT GIVES ME AN IDEA.
I CAN EXPAND MY CASTLE.
I'LL BUILD ANOTHER ROOM
AND THEN MAYBE THEY'LL PUT
A PICTURE OF IT IN THE MAGAZINE.
(LAUGHING)
He gets on his boat and says I'M GONNA BE FAMOUS!
YOU HEAR THAT, WORLD? FAMOUS!
Now he hits the road in his red car and says DRIVING IN MY CAR
GONNA EXPAND MY CASTLE
AND BECOME A STAR
CASTLE DIGEST MAGAZINE!
AH, CASTLE DEPOT.
THEY'LL HAVE WHAT I NEED.
He pulls up at Castle Depot and says HELLO. 900 BRICKS, PLEASE.
He puts the bricks on a trolley and drives.
Tumbleweed hits the road and sings a song that goes GONNA TAKE MY BRICKS HOME
AND BUILD A NEW ROOM
EVEN THOUGH I DON'T
KNOW WHAT I'M DOING
I WILL HAVE TO FIGURE
THAT OUT SOON
CHA CHA CHA
(PANTING)
At the docks, Tumbleweed pants and says OKAY, I FINALLY
UNLOADED ALL THESE BRICKS.
THAT WAS HARD.
UM, THERE ARE WAY TOO MANY
BRICKS TO CARRY IN MY BOAT.
UH, HELLO?
I'D LIKE TO HIRE THE FERRY,
PLEASE.
A white rodent says WHOA, THERE, FUZZY FACE.
YOU TRYIN' TO SINK ME BOAT?
I CAN ONLY TAKE
400 BRICKS PER TRIP.
SO, HOW MANY TRIPS DO YOU NEED?
Tumbleweed says UM, I HAVE 900 BRICKS HERE,
SO LET ME THINK.
YOU DON'T HAPPEN TO HAVE
A CALCULATOR I CAN BORROW,
BY ANY CHANCE?
The rodent says YEAH, MAN, I THINK YOU BETTER.
Tumbleweed says OKAY, LET ME SEE.
I NEED TO FIGURE THIS OUT.
I HAVE 900 BRICKS.
BUT I NEED TO DIVIDE THAT
INTO PILES OF 400 BRICKS.
SO, 900 DIVIDED BY 400 IS
TWO WITH SOME LEFT OVER.
(LAUGHING)
Tumbleweed says I WILL NEED TWO TRIPS, PLEASE.
SO, WHAT'S THE MAXIMUM NUMBER
BRICKS YOU'VE EVER TAKEN?
The rodent says 400.
Tumbleweed says OH, LIKE 400 IS
THE MOST YOU CAN TAKE?
The rodent says YEAH.
The rodent says I GUESS THAT'S WHY
WE WERE TALKING. OKAY.
WELL, THIS IS THE FIRST TRIP,
SO THAT'S...
OKAY, WATCH OUT,
REMAINDER OF BRICKS.
WE ARE COMING TO GET YOU.
The rodent says NO, MAN,
YOU CAN'T TAKE ALL THE BRICKS.
I TOLD YOU THIS...
Tumbleweed says REMAINDER OF BRICKS.
(LAUGHING)
Tumbleweed says LET'S GO! AH!
OH, I CAN'T WAIT TO BUILD
THIS ADDITION TO MY CASTLE.
I HOPE I DIDN'T
LEAVE ANYTHING BEHIND.
The rodent says YOU DID, MAN! DIDN'T YOU SEE?
YOU LEFT STUFF BEHIND!
Tumbleweed says WHAT, LIKE MY CAR?
The rodent says NOT YOUR CAR, FUZZY FACE.
Tumbleweed says WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WAIT, HAVE WE UNLOADED THEM ALL?
IT DOESN'T LOOK
LIKE ALL MY BRICKS YET.
The rodent says WELL, MAN.
YOU TOLD ME YOU
NEEDED TWO TRIPS.
THAT'S TWO TIMES 400.
THAT EQUAL 800 BRICKS.
Tumbleweed says BUT I HAD 900 BRICKS!
The rodent says IF YOU WANTED THEM ALL ACROSS,
YOU WOULD HAVE
NEEDED THREE TRIPS.
Tumbleweed says OH, NO!
I IGNORED THE DECIMAL
POINT TWO FIVE!
The rodent says WELL, I GOT TA GO, FUZZY FACE.
I'M LATE FOR ME
NEXT FERRY PICKUP.
Tumbleweed says NO.
The rodent says GOOD LUCK WITH
YOUR CONSTRUCTION.
Tumbleweed says DON'T LEAVE ME!
The rodent says I EXPECT AN INVITATION
TO THE CASTLE WARMING PARTY.
Tumbleweed says WAIT, I HAVE MORE BRICKS!
I DON'T HAVE ALL MY BRICKS!
HE LEFT.
Later, Tumbleweed builds an incomplete brick wall and says HUH.
He clears his throat and says OKAY, SO IT'S NOT PERFECT.
I GUESS THIS WON'T EXACTLY GET
ME INTO CASTLE DIGEST MAGAZINE.
'CAUSE YOU HAVE TO HAVE
A WHOLE CASTLE WALL,
AND I CLEARLY DON'T
BECAUSE I HAVE THIS BIG HOLE,
BUT I CAN SEE LOTS OF
THINGS THROUGH THE HOLE!
I CAN SEE CHINCHILLA!
HEY, CHINCHILLA, LOOK!
I HAVE A HOLE IN MY WALL!
HEY, CHINCHILLA, OVER HERE!
Chinchilla says CHINCHILLA?
Tumbleweed says ISN'T IT NICE?
Chinchilla says CHINCHILLA!
Now an episode of TVO Kids Homework Zone rolls.
Teacher Troy is in his thirties, bald and with a shadow of a beard. He wears a blue Homework Help T-shirt.
He says HEY, TVOKIDS!
THIS IS TEACHER TROY,
AND WE'RE GOING TO BE
TALKING ABOUT FRACTIONS.
FRACTIONS TALK ABOUT DIVISION.
AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO
REMEMBER THAT THE DENOMINATOR
TALKS ABOUT HOW MANY EQUAL PARTS
THE WHOLE IS DIVIDED INTO.
WHEN WE TALK
ABOUT THE NUMERATOR,
IT TELLS US HOW MANY
EQUAL PARTS ARE REPRESENTED.
NOW, WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING
OFTENTIMES WHEN WE'RE DEALING
WITH FRACTIONS IS
WE HAVE TO COMPARE.
WHEN YOU COMPARE, YOU'RE LOOKING
AT TWO OR MORE THINGS
AND HOW DO THEY LOOK
AGAINST EACH OTHER.
WHICH ONE'S LARGER,
WHICH ONE'S SMALLER.
SO, WHAT WE CAN DO IS I'M GOING
TO SHOW YOU SOME TRICKS TODAY
ON HOW WE CAN HELP YOU,
WHAT WILL HELP YOU,
ON COMPARING FRACTIONS.
He shows 4 wooden hexagon divided in different ways. A whole yellow hexagon, a red hexagon divided in two equal parts, a blue one divided in 3 equal parts, and a green one divided in 6.
He says SO, WE START OFF HERE AT
THE BOARD JUST TO RECAP.
IF YOU LOOK AT OUR HEXAGON,
OUR HEXAGON IN THIS CASE,
THE DENOMINATOR IS NONE,
BECAUSE THE WHOLE IS DIVIDED
INTO ONE EQUAL PART.
IN THIS CASE, THE DENOMINATOR
IS TWO BECAUSE THE WHOLE IS
DIVIDED IN TWO EQUAL PARTS.
IN THIS CASE
THE DENOMINATOR IS THREE,
'CAUSE THE WHOLE IS
DIVIDED IN THREE EQUAL PARTS.
AND OF COURSE HERE
OUR DENOMINATOR IS SIX,
'CAUSE OUR WHOLE IS
DIVIDED INTO SIX EQUAL PARTS.
SO, AS WE KNOW,
AS THE DENOMINATOR GETS LARGER,
THE ACTUAL PIECES GET SMALLER,
AND THAT'S OFTENTIMES
A LITTLE CONFUSING,
BECAUSE YOU THINK
A LARGER NUMBER MEANS
SOMETHING THAT'S BIGGER.
ALL IT MEANS IS THERE'S
MORE SPLITS OR MORE SLICES.
SO, IF WE LOOK AT THE BOARD,
WE SEE WE HAVE THREE
FRACTIONS HERE THAT
WE WANT TO COMPARE.
NOW, IF WE LOOK AT IT,
WE HAVE TWO-THIRDS,
ONE-HALF, AND FIVE-SIXTHS.
SO, IN LOOKING AT THAT,
WHICH ONE IS SMALLER,
AND WHAT ORDER
WOULD YOU PUT THEM IN?
WHICH IS SMALLEST TO LARGEST.
SO, WHAT WE'LL DO IS
WE'LL GO BACK TO OUR MODELS,
AND WE'LL LOOK AT IT,
AND LET'S FORM IT.
SO, WE'LL START OFF
WITH THE TWO-THIRDS.
SO, TWO-THIRDS,
WE LOOK AT THE BLUE,
BECAUSE THE WHOLE IS
DIVIDED INTO THREE EQUAL PARTS,
MEANING OUR
DENOMINATOR IS THREE.
SO, I TAKE TWO OF THEM,
'CAUSE TWO ARE REPRESENTED.
SO, THAT RIGHT THERE GIVES
US A REPRESENTATION OF WHAT
TWO-THIRDS WOULD BE.
THEN WE LOOK AT ONE-HALF,
WHICH IS RIGHT HERE.
A WHOLE IS DIVIDED
IN TWO EQUAL PARTS.
ONE IS REPRESENTED.
SO, WE HAVE THAT LEFTOVER,
AND WE LOOK AT FIVE-SIXTHS.
SO, I TAKE THE SIXTHS.
I TAKE FIVE OF THEM.
THE WHOLE IS DIVIDED
INTO SIX EQUAL PARTS.
FIVE IS REPRESENTED.
AND NOW WHAT WE DO
IS WE COMPARE THEM.
SO, IF WE LOOK AT IT... ..I CAN ACTUALLY PLACE
ONE-HALF OVER
THE TWO-THIRDS
AND WE KNOW THAT ALL OF
A SUDDEN NOW THE TWO-THIRDS
MUST BE LARGER THAN ONE HALF.
SO, THAT WOULD MEAN
THAT ONE-HALF IS SMALLER.
IF WE LOOK AT IT, WE KNOW THAT
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE.
THIS TWO-THIRDS ACTUALLY FITS... ..EQUALLY OVER
AND THERE'S ONE LEFT OVER.
AND LOOK AT THAT.
He places the red half on top of the blue and green parts and says SO, ALL OF A SUDDEN,
YOU CAN SEE,
STACKED ON TOP OF EACH OTHER,
WHICH IS SMALLEST TO LARGEST.
SO, IF WE LOOK AT IT,
WE KNOW THAT ONE-HALF,
THEN TWO-THIRDS,
THEN FIVE-SIXTHS.
SO, WHAT'S IMPORTANT HERE,
TVOKIDS, IS WE HAVE TO
REALLY LOOK AT THE PIECES,
AND ONCE YOU LOOK AT THE PIECES,
THAT'S WHERE THE PUZZLE'S
GOING TO GET SOLVED,
AND THEN COMPARING THAT
AND LOOKING AT IT,
WE ALSO SEE THAT ALL BECAUSE
A NUMBER IS LARGER,
AS IN WITH FIVE-SIXTHS,
IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S
ALWAYS GOING TO BE BIGGER,
BECAUSE RIGHT HERE WE KNOW
THAT TWO-THIRDS IS LARGER THAN
ONE-HALF, AND TWO-THIRDS
IS SMALLER THAN FIVE-SIXTHS.
SO, WE JUST HAVE TO LOOK AT IT,
PLAY WITH IT,
AND SEE HOW IT WORKS.
I'M TEACHER TROY,
AND I HOPE THAT HELPS.
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