0:00:02 > 0:00:04# In an ordinary sofa in an ordinary room
0:00:04 > 0:00:08# There are extraordinary heroes who are standing by to zoom
0:00:08 > 0:00:11# To wherever they are needed They are speeding out today
0:00:11 > 0:00:13# The Numberjacks are on their way
0:00:15 > 0:00:18# They will help you with your problems
0:00:18 > 0:00:21# They are waiting for your call
0:00:21 > 0:00:25# No problem is too big for them
0:00:25 > 0:00:26# No problem is too small
0:00:26 > 0:00:29# Things may all be going wrong but you can bet it's not for long
0:00:29 > 0:00:32# The Numberjacks are on their way
0:00:32 > 0:00:35# The Numberjacks are on their way! #
0:00:36 > 0:00:40Is it all right for us to play with your Buddy Blocks, Five?
0:00:40 > 0:00:43Yes. Look after them and give them a good time.
0:00:43 > 0:00:44They will -
0:00:44 > 0:00:46with me singing to them!
0:00:46 > 0:00:49- # La-la la-la. # - I was thinking, Three,
0:00:49 > 0:00:53I could take them to see the wires for the launcher.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55My songs are lovely.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57My wires are brown.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00A little song? Very musical?
0:01:00 > 0:01:03Brown wires? Some of them quite thick?
0:01:03 > 0:01:05Oh, you're confusing them, Four.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08They obviously want to be entertained -
0:01:08 > 0:01:09by me!
0:01:09 > 0:01:11I'll tell you what, Three.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13We could share the Buddy Blocks.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16I want them all to play with me.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18That's not fair. We ought to share them.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20One for me...
0:01:20 > 0:01:22..and one for me.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24One for me...
0:01:24 > 0:01:25..and one for me.
0:01:25 > 0:01:26One for me...
0:01:26 > 0:01:29- Oh!- That's not fair.
0:01:29 > 0:01:33If you have that Buddy Block, there won't be one for me
0:01:33 > 0:01:36and we won't both have the same number.
0:01:37 > 0:01:38I'd better have it.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40I don't think you're being fair.
0:01:40 > 0:01:45Me? I'm the fairest person there has ever been!
0:01:45 > 0:01:47I don't think so.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49I could get a prize for being fair.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51A prize for being loud!
0:01:51 > 0:01:55"Numberjack Three - the fairest person in the world!"
0:01:55 > 0:01:56Argh! They're going!
0:02:01 > 0:02:02They've gone.
0:02:02 > 0:02:06That's because you weren't very interesting.
0:02:06 > 0:02:10No, we were arguing over sharing them out and they got bored.
0:02:10 > 0:02:14And now we haven't got any Buddy Blocks to play with.
0:02:14 > 0:02:15BLEEPING
0:02:15 > 0:02:17Come on!
0:02:32 > 0:02:34We have an agent calling in.
0:02:37 > 0:02:38Hello! Agent 12 here.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41- What's your report? - Things are going wrong.
0:02:41 > 0:02:42But not for long.
0:02:42 > 0:02:46Two children are arguing over a ball.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48Putting it on screen.
0:02:54 > 0:02:58They both want to have it all to themselves.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01- It's very bad to argue. - Yes, Three!
0:03:01 > 0:03:05And I have a feeling things are going to go very wrong.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07OK. We're sending someone out.
0:03:07 > 0:03:08Thank you.
0:03:08 > 0:03:12- Can I go? Please?- Why?
0:03:12 > 0:03:15Because I'm very good at sorting out arguments.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17Duh!
0:03:17 > 0:03:19- Well, OK then.- Yes!
0:03:19 > 0:03:21Get ready to launch, Numberjack Three -
0:03:21 > 0:03:24who says she's the fairest person in the world.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27# Hey! Hey!
0:03:27 > 0:03:29# We've got a problem What shall we do?
0:03:29 > 0:03:32# Who's going out there? Who do we choose?
0:03:32 > 0:03:34# We need to get out there Who will it be?
0:03:34 > 0:03:37# Who's going out there?
0:03:37 > 0:03:39# Number Three! #
0:04:02 > 0:04:04Yes, it's me, me, me!
0:04:04 > 0:04:08- Good luck, Three.- Ready for launch. - Checking the room's empty.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13All clear! Let's go!
0:04:30 > 0:04:32Finding a three to land on...
0:04:37 > 0:04:38Got a three!
0:04:44 > 0:04:46- All right, Three?- Yes.
0:04:46 > 0:04:50Let me go and sort out arguments everywhere.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52More problems.
0:04:52 > 0:04:56Agent 44 here. There are problems at the garden centre.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58On screen.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00THEY GRUNT
0:05:02 > 0:05:05Why is everyone arguing today?
0:05:07 > 0:05:10More arguing. Look at these girls.
0:05:13 > 0:05:17All three want the hula hoop for themselves.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19Three, you've got a lot of work to do.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22Don't worry, I can sort things out.
0:05:25 > 0:05:26Oh!
0:05:26 > 0:05:30That bucket is no use to either of them in two bits.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33Watch out for the hoop.
0:05:37 > 0:05:41They won't be able to do much now the hoop is in three bits.
0:05:41 > 0:05:45The arguing about the footballs is even worse.
0:05:45 > 0:05:51There are four children now, but I'm sure I can sort it.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54Or maybe not.
0:05:54 > 0:05:58The ball is in four pieces. They got a piece,
0:05:58 > 0:06:01but those bits are no good to play with.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05What's happening?
0:06:05 > 0:06:08Every time the thing ends up in pieces.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11Two bits of bucket - one bit each.
0:06:11 > 0:06:15Three bits of hoop and four pieces of ball.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18One piece each for the children.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21The same number of bits as people.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24Someone or something is doing this.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27The bits are all very funny shapes.
0:06:27 > 0:06:31And I think I know who could be doing it.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33Ha-ha-ha!
0:06:33 > 0:06:35Yes - the Shape Japer.
0:06:35 > 0:06:36On screen.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39# It looks like the Shape Japer is back
0:06:39 > 0:06:45# Shape Japer She's really very strange
0:06:45 > 0:06:49# Shape Japer She loves to make things change
0:06:49 > 0:06:53# Changing faces Changing sides
0:06:53 > 0:06:57# Changing shapes Every single time
0:06:57 > 0:07:02# Changing shapes is the Japer's game
0:07:02 > 0:07:05# The Shape Japer's back again. #
0:07:05 > 0:07:09SHE LAUGHS HYSTERICALLY
0:07:13 > 0:07:17Oh dear. If the Shape Japer keeps on dividing things up
0:07:17 > 0:07:20and making them useless, anything could happen.
0:07:22 > 0:07:26If two children on a see-saw wanted half of it each,
0:07:26 > 0:07:29the two halves they got wouldn't be any good at all.
0:07:29 > 0:07:34And if three children argued over whose skipping rope it was,
0:07:34 > 0:07:38a third of the rope each isn't as much fun to play with.
0:07:38 > 0:07:42And if four people argued about who was going to have a bath,
0:07:42 > 0:07:46a quarter of a bath doesn't do anyone any good.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52Ha-ha-ha!
0:07:52 > 0:07:55Come on. We need some Brain Gain to get these things sorted out.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58OK. I'll get the Brain Gain machine going.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01We'll put the things back together again.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03Maybe people will stop arguing.
0:08:04 > 0:08:09# Brain Gain, Brain Gain To solve the problem, use our brain
0:08:09 > 0:08:13# Get your brains all linking up together, joined up thinking... #
0:08:13 > 0:08:16Getting brain power now. Brain Gain!
0:08:17 > 0:08:20Brain Gain to put things back together again.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22Making things whole again.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25Sending Brain Gain.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34Make it a whole ball again.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39It's a whole ball! >
0:08:39 > 0:08:42And the children are playing together.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49A whole hoop.
0:08:49 > 0:08:53And the children are playing together.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59The bucket is whole again.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04And the gardeners are both using it.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10I said I could stop everyone arguing!
0:09:10 > 0:09:12I'm just that sort of person.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15I just like to make everybody happy.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18Maybe there's more work for you to do, Three.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21Oh, no!
0:09:21 > 0:09:23They're arguing over an apple now.
0:09:23 > 0:09:27We've got the stop the apple dividing into two pieces.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30Wait a minute. Maybe it'll be all right.
0:09:30 > 0:09:35- What do you mean?- This time, let the Shape Japer split it into two.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37OK. Let's see.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
0:09:41 > 0:09:43BOTH: Oh!
0:09:43 > 0:09:44Mm!
0:09:46 > 0:09:51Wow! Sometimes, things are fine when they're divided in two.
0:09:51 > 0:09:55They can share the apple. Half each.
0:09:55 > 0:10:00- Daaaarrgh!- See, Japer, sometimes, you don't cause trouble.
0:10:00 > 0:10:04- There could be trouble in the garden.- Or maybe there won't.
0:10:04 > 0:10:05Pizza's ready.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08Thank you very much.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11Ha! Ha-ha-ha-ha!
0:10:11 > 0:10:13Is it going to be all right, this time?
0:10:17 > 0:10:20Yes! Three people, three pieces,
0:10:20 > 0:10:22one third each.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24Mm.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26Daaaaaaaargh!
0:10:26 > 0:10:30Yes, sometimes it's fine for things to be split into parts.
0:10:30 > 0:10:35- Sometimes, fractions are fine. - More problems with fractions.
0:10:35 > 0:10:39Will they argue about sharing the chocolates?
0:10:39 > 0:10:42OK, so far.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45Oh, they might argue now.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47Ha-ha-ha!
0:10:49 > 0:10:52You think you're causing problems.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54Daargh-ha-ha!
0:10:54 > 0:10:55Well, you're not.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58They've each got one whole chocolate,
0:10:58 > 0:11:01and a quarter of a chocolate.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04That fraction of a chocolate is fine.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06It's those gardeners again.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08Will they share them out all right?
0:11:08 > 0:11:10They've got one orange each.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12They've got two each.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16- Daaargh!- They've two and a half each.
0:11:16 > 0:11:17Naaarh! Aargh!
0:11:17 > 0:11:21You can't cause trouble any more, Shape Japer.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23The fractions are fine.
0:11:23 > 0:11:25But she might make more problems
0:11:25 > 0:11:28with things that don't work as fractions.
0:11:28 > 0:11:33I expect the Shape Japer wouldn't work very well as fractions.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35Well, let's find out.
0:11:35 > 0:11:39Sending Brain Gain to divide the Shape Japer into two.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45Eaaargh! Aaaaargh!
0:11:45 > 0:11:47Two halves!
0:11:47 > 0:11:50Oh, no! She's whole again!
0:11:50 > 0:11:55Brain Gain to divide into three pieces, into thirds.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58Aaaaaargh!
0:11:58 > 0:12:00Aaargh!
0:12:00 > 0:12:02Aaargh!
0:12:02 > 0:12:03Whole again!
0:12:03 > 0:12:05Divide into quarters!
0:12:05 > 0:12:06Eeeeargh!
0:12:06 > 0:12:07Aaargh!
0:12:07 > 0:12:09Aaargh! Aaargh!
0:12:10 > 0:12:12Did it!
0:12:12 > 0:12:14She'll be back causing trouble again.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17Till then, come back, Number Three.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29ALL: One, two, three!
0:12:32 > 0:12:33Well done, Three.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36All the arguing stopped in the end.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38Even if it wasn't thanks to me!
0:12:38 > 0:12:41Got it all on screen for you to see.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43Half a bucket was no good.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45Nor was a third of a hoop.
0:12:45 > 0:12:49And a quarter of a ball is no good either.
0:12:49 > 0:12:53The Shape Japer divided things into useless fractions.
0:12:53 > 0:12:57But some fractions are fine. Half an apple is great.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59So is a third of a pizza each.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04And one and a quarter chocolates.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07Or two and a half oranges.
0:13:07 > 0:13:12- We got rid of the Shape Japer by turning her into fractions.- Halves!
0:13:12 > 0:13:14- Thirds!- Quarters.
0:13:16 > 0:13:20We can't share these by having two and a half each.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23But we could share them this way.
0:13:23 > 0:13:27You play with them first and I play with them later.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29I'd like to play all together.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32The Buddy Blocks are playing with us!
0:13:32 > 0:13:35- We can sit and watch them dancing. - Yeah!
0:13:35 > 0:13:40What things are still useful when you split them into fractions?
0:13:40 > 0:13:42And what things aren't useful?
0:13:42 > 0:13:46Think about it and call the Numberjacks.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59# The Numberjacks are on their way
0:13:59 > 0:14:01# The Numberjacks are on their way. #
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