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The Friday the 13th Problem

Camp Ninwawa
At the camp sleepover, Richard is terrorized by a number: 13!

• Primary Content: Counting in the teens
• Secondary Content: Addition, subtraction

The Looking Glass Problem

Peg’s House / Wonderland
Peg and Cat go through the looking glass, where nonsense starts to make sense with the help of patterns.

• Primary Content: Patterns – AB, AABB, AAABBB
• Secondary Content: Adding to eight

The Pig Problem

The Farm / Radio City Music Hall
When the Pig leaves the farm to join the opera, Peg and Cat realize they can’t make it without him.

• Primary Content: Using a calendar
• Secondary Content: Comparing amounts

The Mariachi Problem

Mexico City
Cat hires a 7-piece Mariachi band to serenade his true love, Rosana.

• Primary Content: Relative positions – above, below, in front of, behind, next to
• Secondary Content: Counting to 9

The Fuzzball Problem

Outer Space / Pellicius
In an outer space adventure, intergalactic superheroes Peg and Cat are besieged by swiftly multiplying Fuzzballs.

• Primary Content: Doubling / halving
• Secondary Content: Spheres / cylinders

The Silliest Song Problem

Magical Forest
Peg and Cat must present the King with the silliest song in the land. They can’t sing it without breaking down, so they break it down.

• Primary Content: Halves / fourths
• Secondary Content: Triangles

The Sam Problem

Peg’s Pizza Place
Jesse fears that if his Mom gets married she’ll love him less. Peg uses math to show he has nothing to worry about!

• Primary Content: Division
• Secondary Content: Finite / infinite

Mac the Fork

Mega Mall
Sweet treats are being swiped four at a time, on the infamous utensil of Mac the Fork.

• Primary Content: Counting to 40 by fours
• Secondary Content: Fair sharing

The Compost Problem

Farm
By mixing different types of compost just right, Peg and Cat turn garbage into a garden.

• Primary Content: Simple ratios, portions
• Secondary Content: Sorting, classifying objects

Raiders of the Lost Arch

Art Museum / Cave
Peg and Cat head into a deep, winding cave in search of the famous Lost Arch.

• Primary Content: The shortest distance between two points is a straight line
• Secondary Content: Using a map; arch

Peg Meets Cat

Carnival
Baby Peg is desperate to tell Mom she wants that stray kitty for her pet and problem-solving partner, but she can only point and say “TWO!”

• Primary Content: Counting to 30 by 5s
• Secondary Content: More and less

The Valentines Day Problem

Peg’s Pizza Place
Peg and Cat scramble to make enough valentines for all their party guests and a pair of surprise visitors.

• Primary Content: Counting by twos
• Secondary Content: 2D and 3D shapes, symmetry

The Poetry Problem

Amherst / Purple Planet / Peg’s Pizza Place / Mega Mall
Peg and Cat lead Emily Dickinson far and wide in search of a rhyming pattern for her new poem.

• Primary Content: Patterns
• Secondary Content: One thousand

The Disappearing Art Problem

Art Museum
It’s a nightmare for art museum guards Peg and Cat: Shapes are being stolen right off the paintings!

• Primary Content: Identifying flat shapes
• Secondary Content: Assembling shapes to make new shapes

The Awards Show Problem

Radio City Music Hall
Peg and Cat host an awards show that can only last seven minutes.

• Primary Content: Minutes and seconds
• Secondary Content: Greater than, less than

The Wrong Headed Problem

Peg’s House / Mega Mall / Prehistoric Valley / North Pole
When Peg’s hat shrinks in the dryer, Mac leads Peg searching for something – anything – big enough to fit her head.

• Primary Content: Comparing attributes
• Secondary Content: Size correspondence

The Tree By the Nile Problem

Ancient Egypt
Cat gets stuck in a tree in Egypt – with 3 crocodiles! Will calmness and choreography be enough to save him?

• Primary Content: Working with patterns
• Secondary Content: Using a pan balance

The Eid al-Adha Adventure

Yasmina and Amir’s Neighborhood
On Eid al-Adha, a holiday devoted to giving, Cat is asked to give more than he expected.

• Primary Content: More and less, dividing into thirds
• Secondary Content: Using a pan balance

The Peanut Problem

George Washington Carver’s Laboratory
George Washington Carver will have a total of one hundred peanut-based inventions – if Peg and Cat can catch the tiny tricksters who keep swiping them.

• Primary Content: Counting in the 90s
• Secondary Content: Counting by 10s

More Adventures of Robin Hood

Sherwood Forest / The Tree / Peg’s Neighborhood / The Delaware River / Ancient Egypt
When a greedy Pig shows up next door, Peg and Cat summon Robin Hood to their neighborhood.

• Primary Content: Greater than, less than
• Secondary Content: Seconds and minutes