Sensible Flats

Sensible Flats

January 25, 2002 TV Episode Cyberchase

Studio
Nelvana Entertainment, Educational Broadcasting Corporation, WNET Channel 13 New York

Synopsis

Our Cyber-Team is transported to a Wild West site to prove that Hacker has taken a larger piece of land than he is allowed. Hacker is in jail and the trial is about to begin, but is his homestead really larger than what Judge Trudy will allow? The kids must discover how to measure the area of his irregularly shaped property in order to find the answer.

Characters

Jackie, Matt, Inez, The Hacker, Digit, Dr. Marbles, Buzz, Delete, Motherboard

Credits

Directing

Director
Larry Jacobs

Writing

Writer
George Bloom (Head Writer)

Voices

Voice
Novie Edwards (Jackie), Jacqueline Pillon (Matt), Annick Obonsawin (Inez), Christopher Lloyd (The Hacker), Gilbert Gottfried (Digit), Richard Binsley (Dr. Marbles), Len Carlson (Buzz), Rob Tinkler (Delete), Kristina Nicoll (Motherboard)

Music

Music
Steve Pecile, David Shaw

Production notes

The Big Idea: To find the area of an object, count how many squares fit on it. But there's an easier way! Measure an object's dimensions, and you can use mathematics to calculate its area.

Math Topic: Area.