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Nine and friends learn all about capacity.
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00:00One, two, three, four, five, number blocks. Six, seven, eight, nine, ten, number blocks.
00:06One, and another one is two, and another one is me.
00:11That's three, five, four, three, two, one. Time for some number fun.
00:16You can count on us with a number of blocks.
00:24Roll up, roll up, roll up.
00:26Come and see the most marvelous, most miraculous, most mysterious magic show in Numberland.
00:38For our first trick, we shall take not one, not two, not even three, but four cups filled with black fruit juice.
00:48Next, I shall take just one ordinary jug.
00:52Now, watch closely as I pour all the juice from the cups into the jug and...
01:00Hey, presto!
01:02There were four cups of black fruit juice, but now only one jug.
01:10That's easy.
01:12The cups can only hold one cup of juice, but the jug is bigger, so it can hold all four cups.
01:20Very good.
01:22Now, prepare to be even more amazed.
01:26I have only two glasses.
01:29One, two.
01:31And yet, as you can see, the same amount of juice now fills both exactly.
01:39Four cups, two glasses, but only one possible explanation.
01:45Magic!
01:46Oh, thank you very much.
01:48Oh, oh, I know.
01:49The glasses are taller.
01:52Oh, the cups are shaped like me.
01:55But the glasses are bigger and shaped like me.
01:59So there are still exactly four cups of juice in total.
02:02The same amount of block fruit juice fits inside the four cups, the jug, and the two tall glasses.
02:13Yes, yes, very good.
02:15But I think the word you're looking for is...
02:18Capacity!
02:22The amount of stuff you can fit inside a container.
02:26Oh, that's a lovely long word.
02:31Capacity!
02:33Yes, yes, that's the word.
02:35For our next trick, we will need a volunteer from the audience.
02:40Oh!
02:41Anyone?
02:42Anyone at all?
02:43Me!
02:44Me!
02:44Oh, um, me?
02:46Yes!
02:46You, sir!
02:47The, I mean, yes, you!
02:50Yes!
02:53One ordinary top hat.
02:55And one, two, three balls.
02:59Now, how many large juggling balls will fit inside the hat?
03:04Just one.
03:06Now, try again with this hat.
03:09One again.
03:10Are you sure?
03:12Two.
03:13Oh, three!
03:14And now, try with this hat.
03:18One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine.
03:25But this hat can't possibly have the cap...
03:28Capa...
03:29What was that word?
03:30Super cap of fragilicity?
03:33Capacity!
03:34That's it!
03:35The hat cannot possibly have the capacity to hold nine juggling balls.
03:41How did you do it?
03:43I'm afraid the magician never reveals her secrets.
03:46Sorry, Thirteen.
03:47Oh!
03:50Uh-oh!
03:54So, that's it!
03:56This hat has a secret space, so it can fit three times as much inside.
04:01And this has nine times the capacity.
04:05Wow!
04:05Well done!
04:07Show's over, folks!
04:09Thanks for coming!
04:10That's all!
04:11Wait!
04:12Just one more trick!
04:14Please, Threes!
04:16Oh, dear!
04:17I hope it wasn't something I said!
04:22Huh?
04:23Fooled you!
04:24And now, for our third and final trick...
04:30We will magically get you all to say the same word at the same time!
04:37The amount of stuff that fits inside!
04:40Any container, tall or wide!
04:43What's it called?
04:45Say it with me!
04:46You know the word!
04:48Capacity!
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