Discovery Den – Numeracy

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One Direction Maths Song

Discovery Den April 20, 2012 0

These are great fun to try and work out! Why not try your own to your favourite song?

The Automatic Maths Song

Discovery Den April 20, 2012 1

These are great fun to try and work out! Why not try your own to your favourite song

JLS Maths Song

Discovery Den April 20, 2012 0

These are great fun to try and work out! Why not try your own to your favourite song

X and Y Files

Discovery Den March 10, 2012 0

Sad Man introduces his Coordinator Dating Machine. Snorter and Decimole volunteer to try it out. In the warm up session the contestants have to fix coordinates on a grid. Sad Man tests Mr Girhalf

The Worms Return

Discovery Den March 7, 2012 0

Sad man reminds viewers that the way to find area is to multiply length by breadth. In the warm up session the contestants calculate the area of a rectangle. Sad Man interrupts to show

The Whole Class Should Be Expelled

Discovery Den March 3, 2012 0

Sad Man has a percentage cake with 100 bits. Mr Girhalf wants a half, that’s 50 bits, Snorter wants a quarter, 25 bits and Great Big Hen wants ten bits but, before they get

The Queen of Tarts

Discovery Den February 1, 2012 0

Sad Man introduces the story of the Queen of Hearts. The contestants complete their warm-up task easily. In the Street Bad Man does a survey to check that one in three people can walk

In the Great Hall, The contestants successfully count back through zero. Bad Man, pretending to be a spy, bewilders passers-by, handing them negatives to pass on to the Blue Goose. The Negs are introduced

The Deciworms

Discovery Den January 27, 2012 0

Sad Man introduces more of his strange creatures – Deciworms and the Decimole who likes to gobble up everything. He sings a song about tenths and hundredths. Decimole swallows the Deciworms. Bad Man visits

Take it Easy

Discovery Den January 21, 2012 0

Decimole helps Sad Man to find the difference between two numbers by counting on from the lower number. On the college campus, Bad Man asks passers-by to subtract numbers by jumping along his number

The Rounding Machine

Discovery Den January 20, 2012 0

Bad Man reminds the contestants they have collected only three cards and they need seven before they can leave Maths Mansion. Decimole helps Sad Man even up his collection of worms by nibbling at

Six Flat Worms

Discovery Den January 17, 2012 0

Sad Man has six paper worms that he puts to bed. He wants to know how much material he would need to make a bedspread to cover the worms. Bad Man provides the answer:

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