This episode, based on the book Math Curse, is a zany and hilarious look at how most everything in our lives is math related. LeVar tracks down, scouts out and sneaks up on math in action. He finds out firsthand that a factory, shipping company, or artist can’t run without it.

Author: Jon Scieszka
Illustrator: Lane Smith
Narrator: Michelle Trachtenberg

This episode of Reading Rainbow premiered on PBS in 1998.

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