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Ten the Magic Number
- 1973 ----- color ----- 13 min ----- 16mm/vhs
- A Canadian animated story that introduces the metric system and shows its simplicity and its advantages over the English system of pounds and feet currently used in North America. George, a tropical fish fancier, is stymied in estimating the weight of his aquarium, because he cannot remember what a cubic inch of water weighs in pounds. The metric system comes to his rescue.
- Topics: (Canadian Studies, Education, Mathematics, Motion Pictures: Animation)
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