Channel 4 Learning



Programme 1: Not the Great Big Hen
Multiplying any positive integer by 10 or 100

This programme introduces the main characters, a group of youngsters, trapped in Maths Mansion by Bad Man who insists they take part in regular Game Shows to test their mathematics. If successful they win a Maths Card. A complete set is needed in order to escape. The Fantastic Multiplier, one of a number of Maths Monsters, demonstrates what happens when numbers are multiplied by 10. Sad Man, despite Bad Man, keeps getting into the programme with his Great Big Hen and the Eggy Zeros. In the Great Hall contestants succeed in the final challenge and win their first Maths Card.

Viewers' Challenge

Using four sevens, twelve blanks and twelve zeros make four numbers each a hundred times the number below it in the grid.

x 12   x 12   x 4  

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