Synopsis
A spoof on Tom Cruise's pay cheque, a wildlife animation showing deadly 'division operators' preying on 'number animals', and a weather report showing places in the UK with different temperatures.
- Programme: The Maths Channel
- Series: Year 6
- Episode: Place, Value and Ordering
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2007
- Maths | Number | Number and place value | Comparing and ordering
Licence: ERA Licence required
Free to watch for UK schools, colleges and universities with an ERA Licence
UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
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