One is one...or is it? - Christopher Danielson
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One bag of apples, one apple, one slice of apple -- which of these is one unit? Explore the basic unit of math (explained by a trip to the grocery store!) and discover the many meanings of one.
The speaker offers a dozen eggs as a clear example of a composed unit and a slice of bread as a clear example of partitioned unit. Things are not always so clear, however. Is an inch a partitioned unit obtained from a foot, or is a foot a composed unit obtained from an inch? What other examples can you think of where we can argue over the original unit?
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Meet The Creators
- Director Biljana Labović
- Artist Celeste Lai
- Educator Christopher Danielson
- Animator Franz Palomares
- Narrator Christopher Danielson
