Sesame Street
A Big Plate of Math
Clip: Season 44 | 3m 59sVideo has Closed Captions
Tyler Perry serves up a big plate of math!
Tyler Perry serves up a big plate of math!
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Sesame Street
A Big Plate of Math
Clip: Season 44 | 3m 59sVideo has Closed Captions
Tyler Perry serves up a big plate of math!
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- HA HA HA!
- HI, ELMO!
- HI, MR. TYLER.
BOY, THAT MUST BE SOME SNACK.
OOH!
WHAT IS MR. TYLER HAVING?
- I AM HAVING A PLATEFUL OF MATH.
- HUH?
MR. TYLER, THOSE JUST LOOK LIKE TORTILLA CHIPS TO ELMO.
- OH, ELMO, THEY'RE NOT JUST TORTILLA CHIPS.
THIS PLATE IS FULL OF MATH.
- ELMO DOESN'T UNDERSTAND.
HOW ARE TORTILLA CHIPS MATH?
- I'M SO GLAD YOU ASKED.
WE'RE GONNA GET TO DO SOME MATH.
- SOMETHING TELLS ELMO THAT MATH--MATH GETS MR. TYLER VERY EXCITED.
- OH, YOU BEST IT DOES, ELMO, BECAUSE LOOK AT THIS PLATE.
HOW MANY TORTILLAS ARE THERE?
- WELL, ELMO'S NOT SURE.
- WELL, HOW CAN WE FIND OUT?
- OOH!
ELMO AND MR. TYLER CAN COUNT.
- RIGHT, AND COUNTING IS MATH.
- YEAH.
LET'S COUNT THEM!
OH, AND YOU COUNT, TOO.
HEE HEE!
- OK.
HERE WE GO.
- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6... 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12.
- SO THERE ARE 12 TORTILLA CHIPS ALTOGETHER.
- OH.
ELMO GETS IT.
COUNTING IS MATH!
- YES, BUT THAT'S NOT ALL.
- IT'S NOT?
- OH, NO.
THERE'S A LOT MORE MATH ON THIS PLATE.
- WELL, WHERE, WHERE?
- WELL, CHECK THIS OUT.
WHAT IS THIS SHAPED LIKE?
- LET'S SEE.
THE CHIP HAS 1, 2, 3 SIDES... - YEP.
- AND 1, 2, 3 ANGLES.
OH, SO THE CHIP IS SHAPED LIKE A TRIANGLE.
- RIGHT.
A TRIANGLE, AND WHAT SHAPE IS THE PLATE?
- OH, LET'S SEE.
WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE IT HAS 2 LONG SIDES AND 2 SHORTER SIDES... - YEAH.
- SO ELMO THINKS IT'S A RECTANGLE.
- YES, YES!
SO YOU SEE THAT?
- HMM?
- YOU GET A BUNCH OF SHAPES RIGHT HERE IN YOUR SNACK.
- COOL!
SHAPES AND COUNTING.
THAT'S WHY THE SNACK IS MATH.
- YES, BUT THAT'S NOT ALL.
- IT'S NOT?
- HEH HEH!
NO, NO!
LOOK AT THIS.
THE CHIPS ARE DIFFERENT COLORS, RIGHT?
- MM-HMM.
OH, LET'S SEE.
UH--OH, YEAH!
SOME ARE YELLOW, AND SOME ARE BLUE.
- RIGHT.
SO THAT MEANS WE CAN SORT THEM BY COLOR.
WE CAN PUT ALL THE BLUE ONES ON ONE SIDE OF THE PLATE, AND WE CAN PUT ALL THE YELLOW ONES ON THE OTHER SIDE.
- AH, COOL.
OOH.
LET'S SORT.
- OK. LET'S SORT.
I WAS HOPING YOU'D SAY THAT.
OK. LET'S SEE.
WE HAVE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7-- - YEP.
7.
- 7 YELLOWS.
OK.
SO WE'LL PUT ALL OF THEM ON ONE SIDE.
- OK. - YEP.
- THERE YOU GO.
- OK. - NOW WE CAN COUNT THE BLUE CHIPS.
- YES!
- OK.
SO IT'S 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
5 BLUE CHIPS ALTOGETHER.
- YES.
SO YOU SEE?
SORTING IS MATH.
- GOT IT.
SO YOU CAN COUNT THE SNACK, SORT THE SNACK, AND FIND OUT THE SHAPE OF THE SNACK.
- YEAH, BUT THAT'S NOT ALL.
- COME ON!
THERE'S MORE MATH?
- OH, YOU BET THERE IS, AND THIS IS MY FAVORITE PART.
- OH.
WHAT IS IT?
WHAT MATH ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH THE SNACK NOW?
- IT'S SUBTRACTION.
- SUBTRACTION?
WELL, HOW DO WE SUBTRACT TORTILLA CHIPS?
- WELL, LIKE THIS.
WE HAVE 12 CHIPS, AND WE TAKE AWAY 2.
- OH.
- SO HOW MANY ARE LEFT?
- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5... 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
- RIGHT.
10 CHIPS ALTOGETHER.
- WOW!
ELMO CAN'T BELIEVE THERE'S SO MUCH MATH ON ONE PLATE.
- WELL, THERE'S NOT JUST MATH ON THIS PLATE.
THERE'S MATH IN EVERY PLACE YOU LOOK AND EVERYWHERE YOU GO, ELMO.
- WOW!
WELL, ELMO'S GONNA LOOK FOR MATH EVERYWHERE HE GOES.
- THAT IS SO GREAT.
- OH, BUT FIRST, LET'S KEEP SUBTRACTING.
- OH, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
MMM.
- NUM NUM NUM.
- MMM.
I LOVE MATH.
- HA HA HA!
ELMO, TOO!
HA HA!
- SUBTRACTION.
- OH, OK. - MORE SUBTRACTION.
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