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Episode Description: Max and Molly suspect one of their own might be a Mole inside the Problem Solvers. But when their investigation takes them on a mission to ancient Europe to save… cabbage, things spiral out of control—literally. As they battle Trolls, numbers, and paradoxes, they learn some problems can’t be solved in straight lines.
Math Concepts: Division of time and averages; Multiplication and proportion; Order of operations; Geometry: comparing circle vs. square perimeter-to-area ratios; Perimeter and circumference formulas:
History/Geography Concepts: Ancient Greece and Zeno’s Dichotomy Paradox (motion as illusion); Western Europe around 1000 BCE and early cultivation of Brassica oleracea (wild cabbage).
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