Transcript: Feed That Dog

DIGIT: D-d-d-d-dogs! M-m-m-m-monster!

INEZ: I take it back. We’re staying. Unless you help us get rid of that carnivorous canine.

ATLAS: Feed him apples from that tree and you’ll have time to get away.

ATLAS: But feed each head exactly the same amount - or they’ll eat you.

MATT: But we only have two apples!

INEZ: So, how do we share two apples equally with three heads?

KIDS: YIKES!

ATLAS: Great! It’s not enough I’m holding up the sky - now I have a three-headed dog on my foot!

MATT: (calling up) Up the tree! Guys, hurry!

JACKIE: Okay, here’s the plan. We slice the two apples into equal shares - just like we did the wreath.

INEZ: So how many pieces do we need?

MATT: Well, if we only had one apple, we’d cut it into three equal pieces. One for each head.

INEZ: Yeah, but we have two apples!

JACKIE: Well, we could cut each apple into three equal pieces.

INEZ: I suppose that’s one way to look at it.

DIGIT: Just cut the apples, will’ya?

DIGIT: Yoikes! Step lively, kiddlies!

MATT: We better double check this idea on the Skwak Pad to make sure the dog just eats the apples - and not us.

JACKIE: Okay, here’s what we have: two apples...And here’s who we need to share them with: three heads.

DIGIT (POINTING TO SKWAK PAD): Uh...you think you could put a line between ‘em so I... don’t get confused?

JACKIE: No problem!

MATT: Cool! It’s like a fraction! Two apples over three heads.

INEZ: It is a fraction!

DIGIT: It is?

INEZ: Sure! The top number shows you what you’ve got to share, and the bottom number shows you how many ways you have to share it.

INEZ: Look! We divide the first apple into three parts...And each head gets one-third. The apples break into three equal parts, each part sliding down above each head.

JACKIE: I see where you’re going. Then we split the second apple into thirds and give each head another third!

MATT: That’s it! The number two-thirds is the answer to our sharing problem. Each head gets two-thirds of an apple! s!