Cyberchase
Shari Spotter and the Cosmic Crumpets: Act 2
Clip: Season 3 Episode 11 | 6m 20sVideo has Closed Captions
Shari Spotter, star student of Frogsnorts School of Sorcerers, is in trouble!
Shari Spotter, star student of Frogsnorts Sorcerers Academy, is in trouble! Entrusted with baking the all-powerful Cosmic Crumpets for the annual Sorcerers Ball, she burns the magical treats and must concoct a new batch. But she is stymied because the recipe contains strange, top-heavy fractions. Digit and the kids must help Shari sort out the confusion of the mixed numbers.
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Cyberchase
Shari Spotter and the Cosmic Crumpets: Act 2
Clip: Season 3 Episode 11 | 6m 20sVideo has Closed Captions
Shari Spotter, star student of Frogsnorts Sorcerers Academy, is in trouble! Entrusted with baking the all-powerful Cosmic Crumpets for the annual Sorcerers Ball, she burns the magical treats and must concoct a new batch. But she is stymied because the recipe contains strange, top-heavy fractions. Digit and the kids must help Shari sort out the confusion of the mixed numbers.
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INEZ & JACKIE: EWW AND DOUBLE EWW!
WHO COULD POSSIBLY EAT THIS STUFF?
MATT: GUYS, YOU DON'T REALLY EAT IT.
IT GIVES THE MASTER SORCERERS THEIR POWER.
AND UNLESS WE MAKE EIGHT NEW CRUMPETS FROM THIS CONCOCTION FAST, THE MASTERS WILL BE POWERLESS, AND I'LL BE EXPELLED FROM FROGSNORTS!
BUT THIS RECIPE IS FOR FOUR CRUMPETS NOT EIGHT!
DODIE: DON'T BE TROUBLED.
EACH INGREDIENT JUST GETS DOUBLED.
DIGIT: AUCK!
TWO CACKLEFRUIT PLUS TWO CACKLEFRUIT IS FOUR CACLKEFRUIT.
YIKES!
I GOT 'EM.
OH, ISN'T MATTHEW JUST SUPER?
MATTHEW?
MATTHEW'S BEEN SUCH A HELP.
YOU'RE SO LUCKY TO HAVE HIM AS A FRIEND!
I'M SO GLAD WE MET, TOO.
PROMISE TO SHOW ME HOW YOU DO YOUR HAIR?
OH.
OKAY.
SUPER!
OKAY, SO MAYBE SHE'S NOT SO BAD.
OKAY.
THE NEXT INGREDIENT IS 1/3 CUP GOBLIN'S TOE NAILS.
MATT 1/3 PLUS 1/3 EQUALS 2/3'S!
DIGIT: 2/3'S CUP OF GOBLIN'S TOE NAILS, COMIN' AT YOU!
LAST INGREDIENT: 3/4'S CUP OF DRAGON DROOL.
AND 3/4'SDOUBLED IS... 6/4'S.
YIKES!
WHAT KIND OF FRACTION IS THAT?
THE NUMBER ON TOP IS LARGER THAN THE NUMBER ON THE BOTTOM!
THAT'S MY PROBLEM.
THAT FRACTION IS TOP HEAVY!
HOW CAN A FRACTION LOOK LIKE THAT?!
I DON'T KNOW, BUT I CAN TELL YOU WHAT 3/4'S OF A CUP OF DRAGON DROOL LOOKS LIKE.
IT'S JUST THREE 1/4 CUPS.
LIKE THIS.
INEZ: SO, 6/4'S MUST BE SIX 1/4 CUPS!
DIGIT, GIVE ME SIX 1/4 CUPS OF DRAGON DROOL!
WISH I COULD HELP YOU, BUT THERE IS NO DRAGON DROOL!
JACKIE: I'VE NEVER COLLECTED DRAGON DROOL BEFORE.
SHARI: IT'S REALLY QUITE SIMPLE.
YOU SURE ABOUT THIS, SHARI?
ABSOLUTELY!
I'VE DONE IT A NUMBER OF TIMES.
NO, I MEAN... SURE ABOUT HIM!
SHARI: DANFORTH?
HE'S A BABY.
BARELY WAKES UP ONCE A WEEK!
(WHISPERING) WHAT IF TODAY'S THE DAY?
JAX, USE YOUR 1/4 CUP MEASURE AND- AND GET NEXT TO THAT DRAGON'S MOUTH SIX TIMES?
I DON'T THINK SO!
OKAY, OKAY.
LET'S TRY ANOTHER WAY.
HERE ARE SIX 1/4 CUPS.
1/4, 2/4'S, 3/4'S, 4/4'S.
WAIT!
ISN'T 4/4'S THE SAME AS ONE WHOLE CUP?
MATT: 6/4 CUPS IS ONE WHOLE CUP WITH TWO 1/4 CUPS LEFT OVER.
DIGIT, YOU'RE A GENIUS!
INEZ: SO, 6/4 CUPS IS THE SAME AS ONE WHOLE CUP AND TWO 1/4 CUPS!
TOO BAD WE DON'T HAVE A FULL ONE CUP MEASURE TO GO ALONG WITH THIS 1/4 MEASURE.
THEN WE'D ONLY HAVE TO GET NEAR DANFORTH THREE TIMES!
IT'S YOUR LUCKY DAY, EARTHLIES!
A ONE CUP MEASURE!
HERE'S THE FIRST TIME!
ONE WHOLE CUP OF DRAGON DROOL!
YOU'RE UP, JAX.
OH, MAN.
EWW!
EWW!
AND DOUBLE EW!
THERE.
YECH!
1/4 CUP MORE!
I'LL GET THE LAST 1/4!
MATT: COOL!
ONE WHOLE CUP FROM DIDGE, PLUS 1/4 CUP FROM JAX, PLUS 1/4 CUP FROM INEZ, EQUALS 6/4'S!
WE DID IT!
OH, MATTHEW, YOU'RE SO BRILLIANT.
OH, BROTHER!
JACKIE: (GASPS) UH-OH.
(SNORTS) LOOK WHO WOKE UP!
ACTUALLY, IT'S NOT DANFORTH WE NEED TO WORRY ABOUT.
IT'S HIS MOM!
RUN!
HACKER:(HEAVY SIGH) TOIL AND TROUBLE, EGGS AND HAM, CAULDRON BUBBLE, A SORCERER I AM.
WICKED: NO, NO, NO.
COME ON, HACKIE.
ENUNCIATE.
GIVE IT SOME OOMPH.
TOIL AND TROUBLE, EGGS AND HAM, CAULDRON BUBBLE, A SORCERER I AM!
(SPLAT) BY GEORGE, I THINK HE'S GOT IT!
TIME FOR YOUR WRITTEN EXAM!
DODIE: THE SORCERERS ARE WAITIN', THE CRUMPETS ARE COOKIN' DIGIT: THE TIMER IS CLICKIN', HEY, NO FAIR LOOKIN'!
GOOD ONE, DIDGE!
INEZ: JUST DON'T LET THOSE CRUMPETS BURN, OKAY?
HEY!
I JUST FIGURED OUT SOMETHING REALLY COOL ABOUT TOP HEAVY FRACTIONS!
I'M RECORDING WHAT WE DID SO I WON'T MAKE A MISTAKE NEXT TIME, AND I FOUND OUT YOU CAN WRITE THEM TWO DIFFERENT WAYS!
6/4'S AND 1 AND 2/4'S ARE DIFFERENT WAYS TO SHOW THE VERY SAME AMOUNT.
(OVEN TIMER RINGS) EIGHT COSMIC CRUMPETS.
WELL, HOW DID I DO?
FAILURE?!
THE GREAT HACKER FAILED?!
OUT OF A HUNDRED, YOU GOT SIX.
IMPOSSIBLE!
WHAT ABOUT EXTRA CREDIT FOR ATTENDANCE?
I ADDED THAT.
OTHERWISE YOUR GRADE WOULD BE TWO.
BUT I HAVE TO PASS!
I CAN'T GET INTO THE CEREMONY WITHOUT A DIPLOMA!
UNFORTUNATELY, I CANNOT BETRAY THE CODE OF MAGIC.
NOT EVEN FOR THE MAN I LOVE.
BUT, I'LL MAKE YOU MY QUEEN!
WICKED: OKAY, HACKIE HONEY, YOU WIN!
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