Best Estimate Numberjacks

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Today, I want to practise a game of Estimate!

-And...

-Wow! I want to play! I want to play!

OK, I'll show you how to play.

-It's called Estimate...

-I can do that!

-Know what "estimate" means?

-No.

It's like guessing and you've got to look and think.

OK...

I wait to see how many things there are, then...

..if I think it's near my number,

estimate six!

Yeah, I think there are about six dots.

Hang on, hang on.

There's one, two, three, four, five dots there! Not six!

I didn't say it was exactly my number, I said estimate six.

Could be six or a bit more or a bit less.

-Clever!

-Do you want a go?

-Oh, yes.

OK, I've got it.

Could be the same as my number or a bit more or a bit less.

Ready, go!

Three, it doesn't have to be exactly your number,

-it could be nearly your number.

-Oh, yeah!

Estimate three!

One, two, three, four.

Which is only a little bit more than three.

-Well done.

-Yes!

Estimate! Estimate!

-Do you want to go together?

-Yes!

BEEPING Oh! I want to play Estimate!

Later, we've got work to do, come on.

There's a call coming in.

Agent 28 here. Things are going wrong.

But not for long!

-This boy is having problems.

-Hold on, I'm putting it on screen.

He needs four pieces to finish his construction.

He can't work out which pile has about the right number.

Because he's not deciding, the pieces do strange things.

-Weird!

-He'll never build that construction

if they keep doing that. We'll send someone straightaway.

-Thank you.

-I'll go, 6.

Get ready for launching.

# We've got a problem What shall we do?

# Who's going out there Who do we choose?

# Need to get out there Who will it be?

# Who's going out there? #

Number 5!

Good luck, 5!

Checking the room...

Hang on - someone there.

-Oh, let me make the doorbell ring.

-Go on, then.

DOORBELL RINGS

-There won't be anybody at the door.

-Room clear.

-I love doing that!

-Let's go!

5...4...3...

2...1...zero!

Looking for a 5 to land on.

There's a 5.

-OK, 5?

-I'm fine.

That's good. I think we've got more problems.

Strange things are happening to the builder.

She knows she needs six nails

but she can't work out which pile has got about the right number.

And while she can't decide,

the nails are doing strange things.

What is going on?

I think I know - look.

Oh, look!

The Problem Blob!

Bet he's the one making things go wrong.

-We need all the information we've got.

-Info on screen.

# It's a spot, a glob of slime

# Guess what this slob can buy

# Great big and blubbery

# Blubbery

# Make big trouble

# He's the flubbery Slubbery problem

# Blub! #

He slimed the builder to make things go wrong.

Yes, look. The builder can't choose which nails to use.

They're behaving strangely.

More problems.

Who is it this time?

The man with balloons.

-He's been blobbed!

-Oh, no!

He knows he needs about six balloons for his show,

but he can't work out if he has enough.

-He's having a lot of trouble!

-Poor man.

More problems.

A teacher doesn't know if she's got enough children to help her.

Blobbed! She's been blobbed!

She needs about four children to help her.

She can't choose which group has got about the right number.

Don't say a teacher's in trouble!

If she doesn't choose soon, the kids will behave strangely.

You're right!

Look!

Poor lady.

5, we've got to sort these problems out.

I know. If we don't stop the problem blob, things could get even worse.

You want about four sandwiches.

You can't decide which plate has got about the right number.

The sandwiches might start behaving strangely.

If you needed about three plants, but couldn't decide which pot,

the plants might start acting strangely as well.

If the dancing cow needed four shoes,

but couldn't choose the right group, the shoes might go potty.

We've got to sort these problems out.

Agents, any ideas?

It's because everybody can't decide if they've got the right number.

How can they decide quickly?

Wait a minute! What about our game of Estimate?

No time for playing now, 3.

No, I mean, could the people estimate what number it is?

Yes, like we did!

It's worth a try.

We'll need to send them Brain Gain.

I can do it! Me, me, me!

# Brain Gain, Brain Gain To sort the problem, use a brain

-# The way to get your brains linked up together!

-Joined-up thinking

# Getting brainpower now Brain Gain. #

Let's start with the builder.

Estimate! Estimate!

She's estimating.

She knows she needs six nails.

Just check if it's about six.

One, two, three,

four, five, six, seven.

It WAS about six.

Well done, that builder.

-Sort the others now, 5.

-OK.

Keep the Brain Gain going, 3.

Estimate!

Let's sort the balloon man.

Time for some Brain Gain.

Estimate!

He's estimating.

He needs about six balloons...

..and he's got about six.

Better sort everyone else, 5.

Estimate, then count, if you want.

Yeah!

She's estimating. This group has got about four children.

Counting to check.

She's got one, two, three, four, five children.

Very close to the four she needed.

Her estimating worked fine.

Do the boy and his construction.

He needs to estimate

which lot is about four.

Counting to check.

One, two, three, four, five.

Very close.

Well done, 5. We did it!

Estimating sorted things out.

One more thing still to sort out - the Problem Blob.

THE PROBLEM BLOB GURGLES

How can we stop it doing weird things?

Estimating sorted the other things. Try it with the Problem Blob.

OK, 5. You've got to make the Problem Blob spurt some blobs.

And then we'll estimate how many.

OK, I'll make him spurt.

Be careful.

And you get ready to estimate how many blobs.

Problem Blob, we're estimating how many globs of slime you make.

-THE PROBLEM BLOB MOANS

-He didn't like that.

Come on, blobbery blubber. Blob us. We'll estimate how many.

Quick! Find the blobs of slime!

Brain Gain to help you estimate.

-Estimating about five blobs.

-Looks good to me.

One, two, three, four, five!

Excellent estimate!

Ha-ha, blobbery!

He's getting angry.

Estimate! Estimate!

About how many?

About ten!

Estimates about ten.

One, two, three, four,

five, six, seven, eight, nine.

Really close.

-Great estimate.

-We've got that blob beaten.

-He's getting very angry!

-He's going into overload!

He won't be making any more trouble for a while.

ALL: Yes!

Come back now, 5.

Hurrah!

All clear for landing.

0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5!

Well done, 5.

He was so blobbery!

We've got it down on screen.

-His pieces were all over the place.

-I love those nails.

I wish I had some.

I'd like some of those balloons. They're mad.

-Those children were strange too.

-I wouldn't want to be the teacher.

But we sorted them all. Estimate!

Sorted them out by estimating.

That's better.

Even the children calmed down.

-And we sorted the Problem Blob.

-Well done, 5.

And made the blob very grumpy.

Go!

Agh! Who put that there?

Estimate!

Not very close to my number 3.

I estimate one problem blobbery blob...

..and yes, I was right!

One!

Remember, you may need to estimate quickly. Can you do it?

Get ready to estimate...

..and then call the Numberjacks.

-Estimate how many.

-Good luck!

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# The Numberjacks are on their way! #

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