Sensible Flats (episode)

"Sensible Flats"

Cyberchase episode
Season 1, episode 5

Original air date
January 25, 2002

Directed by
Larry Jacobs

Written by
Barry Harman
George Arthur Bloom
Kristin Laskas Martin

Topic
Area

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"Sensible Flats" is the fifth episode of the first season of Cyberchase. It originally aired on January 25, 2002.

Characters

Main Characters

• Jackie
• Inez
• Matt
• Digit
• Motherboard
• Hacker
• Buzz
• Delete
• Judge Trudy (debut)
• Sheriff Judy (debut)

Locations

• Sensible Flats

Plot

The CyberSquad 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.

Extras

• Math topic: "Sensible Flats" discusses area and how to calculate it.
• For Real Segment: "The Big Sleep" - A girl is planning a sleepover birthday party. To figure out the maximum number of friends she can invite, she decides to count how many sleeping bags she can fit to cover the area on the floor.

Transcript

• Main article: Sensible Flats (episode)/transcript

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External links

• PBS KIDS - Cyberchase Videos - Sensible Flats